Regulation

The May 6 Flash Crash has sent the Investment Company Institute into action. The Washington trade association wants a better handle on high-frequency trading and dark pools. Not only is the ICI asking this clandestine corner of the market for more information, but it’s urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to look closer, too.

WASHINGTON — House conferees finalizing the regulatory reform bill unexpectedly proposed Tuesday to add sweeping provisions that would greatly expand deposit insurance coverage, but it remained unclear if their Senate counterparts would accept the package.

While coping with the flash crash and regulatory reform, the SEC's "new sheriff in town" paused for an interview Monday evening with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo.

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Monday said the creation of a system of monitoring overall risks to the nation's financial industry could take one of eight forms, each of which would be costly.

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Monday said the creation of a system of monitoring overall risks to the nation's financial industry could take one of eight forms, each of which would be costly.

More than 3,000 unwitting Canadians were fleeced of their retirement investments by four Canadians and two Florida men. The SEC's Denver office brought them in.

A fight is brewing over which agency should replace the soon-to-be-eliminated Office of Thrift Supervision on the board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. While the House regulatory reform bill would give that seat to the Federal Reserve Board, the Senate's version would assign it to the proposed consumer protection bureau.

Four Canadians and two Americans were charged with swindling $300 million from investors who believed they were putting money into a gold mining operation.

The regulatory reform conference committee officially kicked off Thursday, and while the final fate of key provisions remains up in the air, it is clear senators have several advantages over their House counterparts.

WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd Wednesday endorsed a proposal to force banks to spin off their derivatives desks, saying Sen. Blanche Lincoln's primary win this week had increased odds some form of it would be in the final regulatory reform bill.