Regulation

Advisors would rather seek investment opportunities than revenge.

Their clients are fed up with Washington as a general rule.

What’s hot and what’s not in proposed financial services reform legislation.

The ETF Council, a new trade organization for exchange-traded funds that will focus on both marketing and lobbying, is set to launch next month.

Reserve Funds’ Primary Fund on Friday will make its sixth payment to investors. The $3.4 billion payment brings total payments to $50.5 billion, or approximately 99% of the fund’s assets as of Sept. 15, 2008, excluding the value of the Lehman Brothers securities it held, now valued at zero. Before the fund’s net asset value fell below $1.00 on Sept. 16, 2008, the fund held more than $60 billion.

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner used a hearing on the bailout of American International Group Wednesday to repeatedly endorse President Obama's plan to impose a 15 basis-point tax on large banks and restrict their growth and activities.

WASHINGTON — Though there is growing concern that interest rate increases will catch banks off guard, regulators are split on how big the threat is.

Will the proposed “Volcker Plan” really hurt large companies as much as feared?

WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled a vote for Thursday that would clear the path to a second term for Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Switzerland’s Federal Administrative Court has ruled that the agreement for UBS to disclose the identities of 4,450 U.S.-based taxpayers to the IRS violates the country’s banking secrecy laws.