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Investment Advisor
November 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Healthcare, Financial Services Reform Making Headway Two of the Obama Administration's top priorities to accomplish by year-end -- healthcare and financial services reform -- are well on their way to fruition.   |
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Bracing for Change It looks to be all but inevitable that the rules for broker/dealers and investment advisors will be harmonized, and that broker/dealers offering investment advice will have to adhere to a fiduciary standard of care. |
Investment Advisor
December 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Staggering Toward Reform Investor Protection Act passes with lots of fiduciary-related amendments; action on Dodd not likely until 2010. |
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.
December 11, 2009
Kristen French |
House Passes Regulatory Reform, SRO Up In The Air The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 passed by a narrow margin. But it will still be a long time before the regulatory future for broker/dealers and investment advisers is clear. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Melanie Waddell |
A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward. |
Investment Advisor
March 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Washington Watch: Dodd Says Act Now on Financial Reform As bipartisan wrangling continues, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd prepares a fight for new consumer agency. |
Investment Advisor
June 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Next Steps for Congressional Action Reconciliation of reform bills looms. Will Schapiro get fiduciary authority she wants? |
Investment Advisor
April 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Washington Watch: The Shape of Reform Begins to Sharpen Dodd's bill calls for SEC study, not a fiduciary standard; advisors await final markup. |
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2010
Jack Milligan |
A Shot in the Arm The financial services industry needs a prescription for the mess that's been created because this is an industry that can't afford another crisis. |
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
September 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Stitching Together Healthcare Reform The healthcare debate moved outside the beltway in August, as members of Congress headed back home to face constituents bent on voicing their opinions on healthcare reform during townhall meetings. |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2010
Kristen French |
Dodd Bill Requires Year-Long Study of Fiduciary Issue, SRO Idea, Gives SEC Muscle Banking reform legislation introduced Monday would give the SEC greater enforcement muscle over RIAs, and would require it to conduct a study examining the effectiveness of extending the fiduciary standard to brokers. |
Investment Advisor
February 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Washington Watch: Fiduciary Wrangling Resumes Groups urge Dodd and Shelby to maintain strong fiduciary language in reform bill. |
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
February 2010
Melanie Waddell |
The Effect of Dodd's Retirement Opinions vary as to what Senator Christopher Dodd's retirement, announced in January, will mean for financial services and healthcare reform. |
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 |
Registered Rep.
November 4, 2009
Bill Singer |
Rep. Bachus Slips One In (Not Everyone Is Cheering) Has Capitol Hill taken its legislative legerdemain to new depths? |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
A Rough New Year for Congress Let's preview the political implications for financial regulatory reform and the market. |
Registered Rep.
April 27, 2010
Kristen French |
Goldman Case Boosts Odds For Fiduciary Standard In Senate Bill The Senate hearing with Goldman Sachs may increase the likelihood that a fiduciary standard for brokers will make it into Senator Christopher Dodd's financial regulatory reform legislation. |
U.S. Banker
March 2010
Alan Kline |
Dysfunction in D.C. The sight of Democrats cheering and Republicans sitting on their hands when the president plugged financial reform was disheartening to anyone who believes the system needs fixing. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2010
Jack Milligan |
A Look at the Hill and Beyond Steve Bartlett, head of a financial services lobbying group, talks about political gyrations in Congress and the concerns all banks ought to be having about the impact of banking reform on the U.S. economy. |
Registered Rep.
March 2, 2010
Kristen French |
Senate Nears Deal, Consumer Protection At The Fed Circulated Monday by Chris Dodd, Senate banking committee chairman, the latest proposal would house a semi-autonomous consumer protection agency inside of the Federal Reserve, according a story in the Financial Times. |
BusinessWeek
January 6, 2010
Robert Schmidt |
Senator Dodd's Exit Could Facilitate a Financial Reform Deal Why Chris Dodd's decision to leave the Senate may give him more leverage to craft a financial reform package. |
Registered Rep.
May 28, 2010
Jake Zamansky |
Wall Street Will (Again) Kill The Passage of a Fiduciary Standard While the House financial reform bill includes a fiduciary standard for brokers in limited circumstances, I'm fairly certain history will repeat itself and the provision will mysteriously and entirely disappear when the House and Senate reconcile their respective bills. |
Registered Rep.
February 17, 2010
Kristen French |
Uniform Fiduciary Standard Still A Question Mark The fiduciary issue is not one of the major sticking points in wrangling over legislation; the big issues are banking regulations, systemic risk, credit rating agency reform, derivatives, executive compensation, and the Consumer Protection Agency. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Healthcare Reform Picks Up Momentum Healthcare reform is still moving ahead, despite opposition from Republicans and well-covered populist discontent over the plan. |
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
November 2007
Melanie Waddell |
On the Agenda: Insurance and Ratings Congress looks at insurance reform and the subprime mess. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Healthcare Reform Steamroller Advances House and Senate committees offer health reform bills. Both the House and Senate legislation would likely raise taxes for many. |
Bank Systems & Technology
November 11, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Banking Groups React to Sen. Dodd's Draft Regulatory Legislation With a Big 'No' Although organizations approve of the Senate's efforts, they say it goes too far in undermining those aspects of financial services that actually work. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
May 20, 2010
Kristen French |
Senate Nears Vote On Financial Reform, Fiduciary Standard On Hold The Senate voted 60-40 Thursday to end weeks of debate on Christopher Dodd's financial regulatory reform legislation, in what is called a cloture vote. That clears the way for a final vote on the bill within 30 hours. |
BusinessWeek
December 30, 2009
Vekshin & Kopecki |
Not So Radical Reform How New Democrats and Wall Street are watering down financial regulation in Congress. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009 |
Game Changer Barack Obama tops the 2009 IA 25 -- our seventh annual list of the most influential people in and around the advisory profession. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2010
Moscovitz & Koppenheffer |
Wall Street Reform: The Good, the Meh, and the Ugly A Foolish take on what's in the Senate bill. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
Could This Bill Kick Growth Into Gear? Sen. Bob Corker on financial regulatory reform. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2010
Steven Sloan |
Curbs on Fed Power Move from Fringe to the Forefront Once considered the biggest winner under the Obama administration's regulatory revamp plan, the Federal Reserve Board is likely to lose substantial power if reform legislation is enacted, as expected. |
Registered Rep.
March 11, 2010
Kristen French |
Dodd to Introduce Financial Regulatory Overhaul Bill Monday, without Republican Support He's still hopeful that negotiations with Republican Senators will prove successful. |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2010
Mark Astarita |
Tilting the Litigation Landscape Against the Financial Industry Current reform proposals could radically alter the broker-client relationship. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: The SEC Reformation An exclusive interview with SEC chief Mary Schapiro regarding financial services reforms. |
Insurance & Technology
March 6, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Rep. Melissa Bean Says Federal Insurance Bill Imminent The Illinois Representative's statements call into question whether a proposed federal charter for insurers large enough to pose systemic risk to the financial services industry would be optional or mandatory. |
Registered Rep.
January 15, 2009 |
Schapiro's Replies: Blame The SEC--Not FINRA--For Madoff It wasn't her job, man. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Hope and Change Hope is waning for a fiduciary standard for brokers. But the battle's not over yet. |
Financial Advisor
November 2009
Jeff Schlegel |
The Great Debate Financial services reform is coming. How will it impact advisors? |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2010
Sen. Tim Johnson |
Coordinating Global Regulation Senator who helped hammer out the reform bill says this is just the beginning. |
Investment Advisor
June 2010
Melanie Waddell |
FINRA's Ketchum Sees a Fiduciary Future for B/Ds Inappropriate sales of VAs to seniors at top of FINRA regulatory radar. |
Registered Rep.
March 6, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Federal Regulator For Insurance Firms? Barney Frank says Yes. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank gave insurance lobbying groups something to argue about, saying he wants lawmakers to create an optional federal charter for insurance companies. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
July 8, 2010
Schmidt & Mattingly |
Joining Forces on Financial Reform Loopholes Massachusetts legislators Scott Brown and Barney Frank bring different personal styles to a common mission. |
