Regulation

Mary Schapiro, the former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has joinedPromontory Financial Group as a managing director and chairman of its governance and markets practice.

U.S. companies will now be able to post their earnings on Twitter or update their status on Facebook as long as investors have been told in advance where to look.

An expanded database of complaints that consumers have filed against large financial institutions went public Thursday, but the debate over whether the new treasure trove of information helps or hurt banks is just beginning.

Steven A. Cohen did something unusual when Michael S. Steinberg was arrested on the morning of March 29 and accused of insider trading at Cohen’s $15 billion hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP.

Bankers who were at the ICBA's national convention last month are considering ways to expand social media use and offer new products that will not run afoul of regulators.

Our legal expert discusses whether brokerage firms have to report arbitration actions against them.

The regulator's staff will investigate nondisclosures, misrepresentations, and more.

Changes for in-plan conversions are buried deep in the fiscal cliff tax deal. Here's how they may affect your clients.

Ex-Morgan Keegan Mutual Fund Directors to Settle SEC ClaimsEight former Morgan Keegan & Co. mutual-fund directors agreed to settle U.S. regulatory claims that they allowed assets backed by subprime mortgages to be overvalued as the housing market collapsed in 2007.

Manulife Asset Management has expanded its equity investing capabilities.