10/14/2008
The U.S. Treasury announced Monday that it has selected Chicago-based investment adviser Ennis Knupp and Associates as its adviser to supervise the Troubled Asset Relief Program. TARP was created earlier ...
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10/13/2008
Here's a treasure you may want to download and save among your electronic files - of course, hoping you'll never need it. The SEC has posted on its Web site ...
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10/13/2008
An attorney for advisory reps suing American Express says the case is being appealed, after a federal judge tossed the suit. The reps, Judith Klosek and Linda Davenport - and ...
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10/13/2008
Earlier this year the SEC approved two new types of insurance products, and more are bobbing on the horizon, and you should be aware they may contain some risk. Perhaps ...
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10/13/2008
Congress' Wall Street rescue bill gives the SEC the right to suspend the so-called mark-to-market accounting rule, FAS 157.Passage of the historic Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 also gave ...
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10/13/2008
Part of the solution to confusion over fiduciary roles in pension plans could be resolved through proposed regulation, says a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The report also ...
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10/13/2008
An online questionnaire. A globally agreed upon way to tag financial data. One place to find data on public companies. A realistic schedule of updates. These are among the ideas ...
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10/13/2008
SEC Chairman Christopher Cox last week said the Commission is working with the Federal Reserve, the CFTC, and "industry participants" to create counterparties for the credit default swaps market, a $58 trillion market ...
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10/13/2008
A new deficiency letter apparently from the Boston regional office of the Department of Labor asks an ERISA plan fiduciary to explain and justify its valuation procedures, according to speakers ...
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10/13/2008
Hurricane Ike had barely exited Texas before the SEC began contacting advisers around Houston to see how they were faring. Advisers in Iowa received similar calls after flood waters ravaged ...
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