Regulation

Although the idea of restricting grantor retained annuity trusts, or GRATs, had been tossed around previously, estate planners didn’t think it would become a reality.

Federal Reserve Board Gov. Daniel Tarullo reiterated Thursday that the Fed needs to move carefully as it unwinds its liquidity facilities to ensure it does not disrupt still-fragile markets.

Or so it would seem as execs, regulators refuse to take blame

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Robert J. Keyes has been named Associate Regional Director and Chief of Regional Office Operations in the agency's New York Regional Office.

Arguing that regulators are not likely to correctly predict the next crisis, former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan said Wednesday that banks must hold more capital and face higher collateral requirements.

If it were simpler to explain, address or even pronounce, interconnectedness might have been the primary target of financial system reformers.

Morgan Keegan got hit Wednesday with enforcement actions from both FINRA and the Securities and Exchange Commission over several bond funds that have cost the firm millions of dollars in investor arbitration complaints.

SEC and FINRA actions mark the latest chapter in Morgan Keegan’s ill-fated bond funds saga.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Kathleen Griffin as the agency's first chief compliance officer in an ongoing effort to strengthen its internal compliance program.

An obscure provision in the regulatory reform bill adopted by the House has become a flash point in the fight over whether the legislation should spell out rules for regulators or give them wide flexibility.