Law and regulation

At the outset, the U.S. Supreme Court's latest ruling against the Securities and Exchange Commission-that there is a five-year limit on bringing fraud claims- may sound like a victory for mutual funds and their advisors.

Mary Jo White, President Obama's nominee to chair the SEC, faced little resistance at a Senate confirmation hearing as she said that, if confirmed, she intends to move swiftly to close the book on an array of rules that advisors have been watching closely.

Nuveen Investments has pulled the plug on the shares of its Nuveen Large Cap Select Fund (FLRYX) sold to 401(k) plans.

Mary Jo White, President Obama’s choice to run the Securities and Exchange Commission, may be compelled to provide more information about her ties to large banks as senators press her about how she would operate as Wall Street’s regulator.

Oppenheimer & Co. agreed to pay about $2.9 million to settle claims by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it misled investors in a private-equity fund.

Fidelity Investments, the biggest U.S. manager of money-market mutual funds, said there is growing agreement among company leaders and regulators to limit any new rules for the products to those eligible to buy corporate debt.

OppenheimerFunds is closing its Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund to new investors on April 12, Money Management Executive has learned.

Charles Schwab & Co. is in the midst of a regulatory struggle with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that threatens to change how the firm and other retail brokers do business with its clients.

Norm Champ has been on the job as Director of the Division of Investment Management at the Securities and Exchange Commission for eight months and a lot of mutual fund executives are nervously waiting for the SEC has in store for the industry in 2013 and beyond.

Touchstone Investments is closing its Touchstone Sands Capital Institutional Growth Fund to new investors. The fund managed some $2.6 billion as of March 8.

Among the provisions of the new tax law is the introduction of in-plan Roth conversions for participants of employer-sponsored retirement plans. This provision may be especially valuable to high-income clients, according to Thomson Reuters.

The SEC and the IRS have met to discuss tax implications if money-market mutual funds were to adopt a floating share price, two people familiar with the talks said.

The Touchstone Global Real Estate Fund is getting a new sub-advisor.

Jeffrey Rubin, a Florida broker, was barred from the securities industry after more than 30 National Football League players including Terrell Owens lost at least $40 million on an Alabama casino project that went bankrupt.

A Wells Fargo broker has been ordered to pay $650,000 in restitution for allegedly misappropriating client funds.

Sen. Richard Shelby introduced two bills on Tuesday aimed at fixing technical errors in the Dodd-Frank reform law and requiring regulators to complete rigorous economic analysis when crafting new rules.

The industry trade group announced its support for the proposal in a comment letter on FINRA’s new disclosure rules.

Having dodged the fiscal cliff and postponed the debt ceiling deadline, the Nation's leaders decided to let the spending sequesters happen. Will the result be to throw the economy into recession or cause an economic catastrophe? Sam Wardwell of Pioneer Investments doesn't think so.

It's been more than three years since the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule requiring boards to disclose whether and how they go about recruiting more diverse directors.

Chicago-based Driehaus Capital Management is liquidating its Driehaus International Credit Opportunities Fund (DRCIX) after a year of less-than-stellar performance.