Regulation

The ­Securities and Exchange Commission would violate the Tower Amendment and the principles of federalism if it applies its proposed rules on asset-backed securities to municipal bonds, 14 market groups warned this week.

Top executives want to reassure lawmakers that foreclosure alternatives are paramount.

But IRS Commissioner says the investigation isn’t over and the closed cases so far have averaged more than $200,000 in tax collections per case.

The SEC will vote on raising the threshold for registration from $25 million to $100 million.

In the absence of global resolution rules, a hard-to-pronounce buzzword has crept into the debate on winding down big banks: subsidiarization.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will vote Friday on new registration rules for hedge funds and private equity funds.

The initial reactions among financial services companies to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act have been trepidation and fear.

Considered to be a deal broker and careful listener by those who have worked with him in the past, Joseph Smith won near-universal acclaim as Obama's pick to lead the FHFA.

Just when branch managers thought their jobs couldn’t get any more complicated, Mary Schapiro says that her agency is looking at regulating broker pay.

The SEC should rein in the ABA's CUSIP Service Bureau and prevent it from charging financial market participants unreasonable and unwarranted fees, say three trade groups.