Regulation

The new slate of House Republicans picked to preside over financial services said they intend to downsize or dismantle the mandates supported by their predecessors.

The online discussion about whether, in our fiduciary debate, we should have one standard or two, has stirred up a hornet's nest.

The federal regulator indicates it plans to allow the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to take on new powers for inspecting the audits of broker-dealers.

Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Mary Schapiro said that the creation of a system for capturing all stock market data in close to real time is likely half as much as the $4 billion originally estimated.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said its investigation exposed "egregious" conduct in municipal investing.

Rep. Spencer Bachus was formally selected by the Republican Steering Committee on Tuesday to serve as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee next year.

Far from being partners, observers said Rep. Barney Frank and whoever the GOP picks to succeed him as Financial Services Committee chairman are likely to be at loggerheads.

Says it creates a more bureaucratic government, rather than a nimble, forward-looking one.

The trustee seeking to recover funds lost in the Bernard Madoff securities fraud Sunday sought $9 billion from international banking firm HSBC, in a bankruptcy court complaint.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration on Monday proposed disclosures on target-date funds offered in 401(k) plans.