Regulation

President Obama's appointment of Elizabeth Warren as the top administration official in charge of setting up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau avoided a probable Senate confirmation battle but continues to raise doubts about her authority.

Institutional investment managers may soon have to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on what say they have on executive pay at the firms they invest in.

Making the switch to state supervision is the hardest part. After that, monitoring is comparatively light.

He will take over from James Shorris, who has been acting chief of enforcement since Susan Merrill left the organization in March.

Institutional investment managers may soon have to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on what say they have on executive pay at the firms they invest in.

Unlike other House Republicans, Rep. Ed Royce is not looking to repeal outright the Dodd-Frank reg reform law, but the California lawmaker is likely to try and clip its wings.

Though it bucks conventional wisdom, giants may become smaller, simpler and safer over the next handful of years if regulators properly use tools provided in the Dodd-Frank Act.

The former Ferris, Baker Watts LLC will pay $500k for inadequate supervision of sales of reverse convertible notes to retail customers.

With more time to rebuild its coffers and failed-bank losses easing, the FDIC Tuesday abandoned an across-the-board premium hike slated to go into effect next year.

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged two hedge fund portfolio managers and their investment advisory businesses with defrauding investors by overvaluing illiquid fund assets they placed in a "side pocket."