Compliance

The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday that low- and moderate-income workers can take steps now to save for retirement and earn a special tax credit in 2012 and the years ahead.

States are creating fiscal risks for themselves by neglecting to control the costs of tax incentives for economic development, according to a new report from the Pew Center on the States.

House Republicans continued their attacks on the Volcker Rule on Thursday, arguing it was unnecessary and overly complex just a day after Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled regulators were close to finalizing it.

Financial crises will not be a suitable excuse for oversight in suitability according to the regulator’s decision against Merrill Lynch.

Chief financial officers of U.S. companies aren’t overly concerned about the fiscal cliff, according to a survey by Grant Thornton.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is turning over its leadership with the departure of yet another high-ranking official.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that regulators are nearing completion of a contentious rule that will ban proprietary trading at U.S. firms.

More changes in Securities and Exchange Commission leadership, which announced the appointment of a new senior advisor to the director in its division of investment management.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission defeated a federal court challenge to a rule requiring mutual funds with commodities investments to register with the agency.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is turning over its leadership with the departure of yet another high-ranking official.

JPMorgan Chase CEO said the U.S. economy would thrive next year if lawmakers reach an agreement to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff of spending cuts and tax increases.

More than 150 chief executive officers, including JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Lloyd Blankfein, called on President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner to compromise on a budget deal that would include new tax revenue and spending cuts.

The news media is breathlessly counting down the days until the arrival of the fiscal cliff on December 31. It may make for good television (tune in tomorrow) but it’s not good economic (or good political analysis.) Here’s why:

The rule has been the most common ground for disciplinary action so far this year, according to an analysis by the law firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan.

The SEC has pulled from within its ranks, tapping Jennifer B. McHugh as senior advisor to the director in its division of investment management.

Looks like eight Tennessee-based mutual fund directors bent the rules too far.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has initiated cease-and-desist proceedings against the former board members of five registered investment firms, alleging that they failed to maintain appropriate fair-market valuations of debt securities that comprised a substantial portion of the companies' portfolio.

The leading accounting firms that conduct audits on the financial statements of publicly traded companies suffer from a significant and growing number of deficiencies, according to a new report by an industry oversight organization.

PIMCO's scored a patent.

It looks like Carlyle Group's planned acquisition of TCW Group from Societe Generale will not be sidetracked by an arbitration case filed by former TCW unit, EIG Global Energy Partners, had sought to block the sale.