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The Motley Fool
May 20, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Senator Leading the "Flash Crash" Charge Weighs In In what's being called the "flash crash" because of the role of high-frequency trading, close to $1 trillion in capital evaporated, followed by a sharp rebound, all within a span of 15 minutes. In this interview Senator Kaufman to discuss the flash crash and the conclusions he's drawing.   |
Wall Street & Technology
November 23, 2009
Greg MacSweeney |
Dark Pools Seek Limited Transparency Dark pools provide investors with a valuable venue for trading large blocks of securities, but regulations may change the way market participants interact with anonymous trading venues in 2010. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Bulks Up Enforcement The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving at a rapid pace to repair its sullied reputation after being lambasted by Congress for failing to stop the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme. |
Registered Rep.
October 27, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Schapiro: Don't Expect Respite From Reform Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro lays out a number of regulatory issues the SEC will be paying close attention to in the coming months. |
BusinessWeek
September 23, 2010
Nina Mehta |
Missing: The Stock Exchange Buyers of Last Resort While increased competition in stock trading has lowered costs, it may have made the markets more vulnerable to rapid price moves. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009 |
Broker/Dealer News Actions by the SEC and FINRA |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Is Mary What the SEC Needs? The alternative to FINRA overseeing advisors, and what advisors would definitely prefer, is a self-regulatory organization. |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Reform Is on the Way SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro is laying the groundwork for a significantly beefed up enforcement division at the Commission. |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Senate's Cop Cracks Down on Financial Fraud "Fraud and potential criminal conduct were at the heart of the financial crisis," Senator Ted Kaufman (D, Del) said in a speech last month on the Senate floor. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Consumers Take Center Stage of Reform Debate Financial services reform continues to unfold, with two pieces of legislation being sent to Capitol Hill in July aimed at protecting investors. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Melanie Waddell |
A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward. |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2009
Mark Astarita |
Changes at the SEC: Schapiro Should Be Benefit to Advisors One can expect that as head of the SEC Mary Schapiro will understand the impact of new rule proposals and enforcement initiatives and will temper the calls for more extreme changes that would ultimately harm the markets and the financial industry. |
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Washington Watch: Financial Services Reform Finalized SEC gets fiduciary powers, but lack of self funding may pose trouble |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
David Tittsworth |
What a Reinvigorated SEC Will Mean for You The first in a series of occasional commentaries by the executive director of the Investment Adviser Association. |
Registered Rep.
June 18, 2010
Bill Singer |
The UK Junks Its FSA, When Will We Junk The SEC The SEC is a gas-guzzling dinosaur of a vehicle whose engine warning-light went on years ago. It is a wheezing, dyspeptic boiler in our basement. Nothing good will come of this. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Congress Presses Schapiro to Protect Investors While members of Congress praised SEC Chairman Schapiro for acting quickly to institute changes at the agency, lawmakers said more work needs to be done to protect investors. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Criticized for Madoff Congress chides the SEC for the scathing inspector general report on Bernie Madoff. |
Registered Rep.
September 2, 2009
John Churchill |
SEC Blew It With Madoff, Inspector General Says SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro announced the release today of the Office of the Inspector General's report on the Bernard Madoff fraud. It says, in short, the SEC screwed up in every way possible. |
Registered Rep.
May 6, 2010
Kristen French |
Washington Goes Crazy For Fiduciary Standard A number of senators are scrambling to get on the fiduciary bandwagon following last weeks' Goldman Sachs hearings. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Chairmen of Yore Speak Six former SEC chairmen pointed to quite a few regulatory challenges that loom large -- namely globalization of the world markets, the burgeoning market for complex synthetic securities, and the continued growth of hedge funds. |
BusinessWeek
May 20, 2010
Nina Mehta et al. |
The Machines That Ate the Market Once upon a time, human beings oversaw the trading of stocks. They've been replaced by a complex system of computers that can produce a scary new kind of mechanized panic. An investigation into the crash of May 6. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Financial Services Reform Bill Inevitable Financial services reform is still alive and kicking, as President Obama made very clear as he renewed his push for reforms during his speech to Wall Street. |
Registered Rep.
January 15, 2009 |
Schapiro's Replies: Blame The SEC--Not FINRA--For Madoff It wasn't her job, man. |
Registered Rep.
January 19, 2011
Kristen French |
In Dodd-Frank Report, SEC Champions User Fees Over SRO The study and report were meant to address a trifecta of problems: a history of weak oversight of investment advisers, current shortfalls in SEC funding and the regulator's rapidly expanding responsibilities under Dodd-Frank. |
Registered Rep.
March 10, 2011
Kristen French |
SEC Says Bigger Budget Is Supported By BCG Report In testimony before Congress Thursday, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro made a case for an increase in the agency's funding to $1.407 billion for 2012. |
Investment Advisor
June 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
Schapiro Says SEC to Focus in July on Fiduciary, 12b-1 The Commission will look at fund regulation "in tandem" with RIA/BD reform. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2012
John K. Ritter |
Fight On There is a major fight going on between planners and regulators about how to define and apply a fiduciary standard. Yet despite the high stakes, it seems that few planning professionals have chosen to join in and make their opinions known. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Turf Wars A conversation with former SEC Commissioner Roel Campos about the Treasury's Blueprint for financial services reform. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Man Behind the SAFE Banking Act on Fixing Wall Street Senator Ted Kaufman discusses why, despite the defeat of his SAFE banking amendment, there is still hope for real reform. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Mary Schapiro's Priorities Mary Schapiro tells the Senate Banking Committee what her priorities will be at the SEC. |
Investment Advisor
March 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Fiduciary Rule May Hit by Summer Despite the advisory industry's hopes that the Securities and Exchange Commission would get a quick start on writing a rule to put brokers under the same fiduciary standard as advisors, it looks as though a rulemaking could come by summer. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Man Behind the SAFE Banking Act on Fixing Wall Street In a 61-to-33 vote, the Senate voted down an amendment that would have capped the size and leverage of banks in this country. That amendment, dubbed the SAFE Banking Act, was proposed by Sen. Ted Kaufman, D-Del. |
Financial Advisor
October 2010
Leila B. Boulton |
The Fast And The Furious Are high-frequency traders running over investment advisors and their clients? |
BusinessWeek
December 30, 2009
Jesse Westbrook |
Why the SEC Keeps Backpedaling New Chairman Schapiro could be caving in to business pressure. |
Registered Rep.
September 15, 2011
Kristen French |
Schapiro: Republican SEC Reform Bills Could Hog Tie SEC SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said that legislation introduced by Republicans to restructure the agency and its rulemaking process would threaten the agency's ability to write and enforce rules effectively. |
CFO
October 1, 2011
Sarah Johnson |
Is the SEC Being "Set Up to Fail"? A bill would raise the threshold for how the securities regulator sets rules. |
CFO
February 1, 2009
Edward Teach |
The SEC under Schapiro Can Mary Schapiro restore investors' confidence in the beleaguered regulator? |
Registered Rep.
December 3, 2010
Kristen French |
SEC Says No New Rules On Broker Bonuses The SEC is charged with regulating executive compensation under Dodd-Frank legislation, but not broker bonuses. "I've checked with everyone here and there is no rulemaking that the SEC is undertaking at this time with respect to broker bonuses." said a spokesman. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: The SEC Reformation An exclusive interview with SEC chief Mary Schapiro regarding financial services reforms. |
CFO
April 1, 2004
Ronald Fink |
Playing Favorites Why Alan Greenspan's Fed lets banks off easy on corporate fraud. |
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011 |
SEC and the Fiduciary Study: Politics and the Fiduciary Standard AdvisorOne Wealth Editor Kate McBride explains the political process under which Dodd Frank was passed, up to the SEC's reports on an SRO and fiduciary standard |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Something About Mary The drive to reregulate financial advice shifted into high gear on June 17, when the Obama Administration released its white paper containing proposals for 21st Century Financial Regulatory Reform, and passes it to SEC chair Mary Shapiro. |
Investment Advisor
April 2009
Melanie Waddell |
All About Enforcement It's seems a daily occurrence now that the Securities and Exchange Commission levies an enforcement action against a financial services firm |
CFO
June 1, 2009
Reason & Stuart |
Crackdown Alert After a GAO report documents a slowdown in the SEC's case generation and penalty volume under former chairman Christopher Cox, the regulator's new leaders talk tough. |
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: SEC Inspectors Unit Under Fire After repeated complaints from broker/dealers, mutual funds, and investment advisors about the SEC's new sweeps examination process, Congress is threatening to abolish the SEC's Office of Inspections and Examinations (OCIE). |
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
GOP's End Game in Nixing SEC Funds: Stopping Dodd-Frank Republicans' rehashing of supposed failures at the SEC is 'counter-productive,' says former Chairman Harvey Pitt |
Registered Rep.
June 15, 2010
Kristen French |
NASAA Says Reg-D Is Second Biggest Investor Protection Concern NASAA President Denise Voigt Crawford outlined the biggest investor protection provisions in Wall Street reform legislation that are supported by the organization. |
Chemistry World
March 16, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Drug firms warned to be honest with investors The US Securities and Exchange Commission is concerned that too many pharmaceutical companies aren't being sufficiently transparent with investors about their interactions with regulators at the US Food and Drug Administration. |
Registered Rep.
March 11, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Extreme Makeover: SEC With or without an increased budget, the SEC wants to make up for its shortcomings. |
Registered Rep.
January 14, 2009 |
Schapiro, FINRA Head And Obama's SEC Chair Selection Head To D.C. Tomorrow For A Confirmation Hearing Mary L. Schapiro heads to Capitol Hill tomorrow morning for the hearing on her Senate confirmation as President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to chair the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
