U.S. Department of Labor

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  New Hire Roundup–Securities America Promotes Hulett; Hendrickson Joins HSBC

  By Marlene Y. Satter  |  January 4, 2012

  This week in new hires, Securities America announced officer promotions and Damion Hendrickson joined HSBC.

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  New Hire Roundup: Fidelity Names Presidents, SIFMA Gains President and Board Members

  By Marlene Y. Satter  |  November 10, 2011

  This week in new hires, Fidelity Asset Management announced two new presidents in its fixed income division and SIFMA announced its new president and board members.

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  Labor Dept. Slaps BofA for Firing Countrywide Whistleblower

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 15, 2011

  Bank of America was ordered to rehire and pay $930,000 to a whistleblower who had exposed improprieties at Countrywide Financial. DOL said the firing violated the whistleblower-protection provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley.

• Obama Taps Economist Alan Krueger as Council Chairman

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 29, 2011

  President Barack Obama nominated Alan Krueger, who served as the U.S. Treasury’s chief economist from 2009 to 2010, to replace Austan Goolsbee as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.

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  Olivia Mitchell: Helping Women Improve Their Financial Literacy—Top Women Extended Profile

  By Marlene Y. Satter  |  July 13, 2011

  Wharton professor, researcher and mentor tells AdvisorOne that her focus is on the next generation.

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  DOL Agencies to Hold Regulatory Web Chats

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  July 8, 2011

  Officials representing seven of the DOL's agencies will host live Web chats during the week of July 11 to discuss their respective regulatory agendas

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  ETFs At Last: The Future of 401(k)s

  By Tom Lydon  |  July 1, 2011

• Georgia Investment Firm Hit for Improper Pension Plan Investing

  By Marlene Y. Satter  |  December 13, 2010

  C.S. Capital Management Inc. of Atlanta, Ga., formerly known as Chadwick, Saylor & Co., has been ordered to restore $1.09 million to the Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Plan as restitution for improperly investing $25 million in risky private placement bonds.

• July Housing Starts Up, PPI Rose, Industrial Production Gained

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 17, 2010

  A round of relatively positive U.S. economic data buoyed the markets August 17, with July's housing starts, producer price index, and industrial production numbers all posting increases and only housing permits showing a decrease.

• EBSA, Treasury to Hold Lifetime Income Hearing

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 9, 2010

  The U. S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Department of the Treasury plan to hold a joint public hearing on September 14