Regulation

President Obama's signing of regulatory reform legislation Wednesday signaled the official end of a hard-fought legislative battle but just the beginning of the tougher task of implementing the new law.

WASHINGTON — President Obama's signing of regulatory reform legislation Wednesday signaled the official end of a hard-fought legislative battle but just the beginning of the tougher task of implementing the new law.

WASHINGTON-The Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to propose new rules designed to revamp the 12b-1 sales and distribution fees some mutual funds charge and to provide better disclosures of them to investors.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to propose limits on mutual fund distribution fees and provide more transparency for investors.

The regulator said the company made negligent misrepresentations related to subprime securitizations.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering holding five field hearings between September and January as part of a nationwide inquiry on the municipal market that is expected to lead to recommendations for statutory and regulatory changes to better protect investors.

New authority granted to the Federal Reserve by the Dodd-Frank Act embodies a significant change in the thinking about, and approach to, functional oversight.

Not-So-Fab: Fabrice Tourre, the Goldman Sachs bond trader at the center of the government's fraud probe against the firm, denied charges that he misled investors.

In five years as comptroller of the currency, John Dugan did not draw the limelight shined on other regulators. But as he gets ready to depart, there is no shortage of opinions on his tenure.

Goldman’s settlement with the U.S. government comforted some Wall Street analysts who track the bank on Friday and news of the settlement spurred at least one of them to change their outlook on the company.