Regulation

Announcing changes that will likely affect wealth managers helping clients with tax planning, the IRS said earlier this week that many tax benefits for the 2012 tax year will increase due to inflation adjustments.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has designated the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority as the agency to develop and maintain the system for hedge fund advisors to receive new registration forms for hedge fund advisers, for a filing fee of $150.

Last week, the Financial Stability Oversight Council voted to proceed with rule-making that provides regulators with greater authority to oversee financial companies that are not banks but have more than $50 billion in assets and $20 billion in debt.

At the start of October, the Investment Company Institute announced it was going global.

"Simple Truths" From a Man Who Isn't an Academic

Global regulators on Thursday came up with a plan for securities watchdogs to monitor high-frequency trading, but fell short of draconian measures.

Wells Fargo’s Rich Lowrie helped craft the tax proposal that’s driving political debate.

Exchange-traded funds have become the latest investment product to fall under the Securities and Exchange Commission's radar.

David Blaine is an illusionist, often referred to as a modern-day Houdini. So may be David Blaine Welliver, an investment advisor and operator of a mutual fund based in Buffalo, Minnesota, if the SEC is to be believed.

Congress is currently considering a bill that would permit 401(k) investors in danger of losing their primary home to foreclosure to use up to $50,000 or 50% of the balance, whichever is less, to prevent that from happening.