The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) charged 38 defendants of stealing more than $12 million in stock loan kickbacks from their Wall Street employers. Basically stock loan traders at Morgan Stanley, A.G. Edwards, Nomura Securities and...
It only took eight years, but the SEC and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System passed final rules this week defining how banks can act as securities brokers.
The SEC has thrown a bone to the large brokerage firms. After taking away fee-based brokerage accounts in March, the Commission has eased the requirements of principal trading rules.
Earlier this month, Congress passed a bill meant to lower the cost of college tuition while simultaneously providing greater access to college. This bill, which is awaiting President Bush’s signature, would slash interest rates on student...
A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released on Monday says the enforcement division of the SEC needs to improve the way it handles investigations.
Ever wonder what a rocky market does to a New York broker? Well, if you were at the city’s swanky uptown Equinox Gym last month, you might have seen one heave a fellow gym member (and bike) into a wall. Okay, so maybe it wasn’t the...
NEXT Financial Group is in the hot seat again. The Securities Exchange Commission issued an Order Instituting Cease-and-Desist Proceedings against the independent broker/dealer late last month.
In January, Smith Barney brokers may be the first to cash in on overtime lawsuits that have been all the rage over the last two years. A Northern District of California judge approved the allocation of $98 million in settlement money, as well as...
Gary Rathbun has never done much 401(k) business, but with the Pension Protection Act trumpeting fee disclosure and fiduciary liability, Rathbun felt the opportunity was too great to miss.
