Practice management

Like it or not, and most large banks don't, the Volcker Rule to ban proprietary trading is now all but certain to be enacted in regulatory reform.

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FINRA said Thursday that it has ordered Los Angeles-based Westpark Capital to pay $400,000 for supervisory system failures, and has suspended two officers for failing to supervise brokers who churned customer accounts and committed other violations.

Macaskill: "We didn't really understand what we owned."

Though it was clear from the start that a Republican alternative on the consumer bureau was going to fail, GOP lawmakers dragged out the debate rather than allowing the measure to be voted on and moving on to some of the roughly 140 other amendments still to be considered.

Community bankers are close to winning a key change to the Senate regulatory reform bill that would require the government to base deposit insurance rates on assets instead of domestic deposits.

Retiring boomers are changing the way the financial services industry - and the government – think about annuities.

According to a study, employees will need 15.7 times their final pay to account for inflation and post-retirement medical costs.

Bankers may be unable to stop a tax if it does get added to the legislation because Democrats view it as a way to ensure the reform bill saves the government money and Republicans consider it politically risky to oppose.

More than 25 investment managers have already signed on to the platform.

Large banks have repeatedly prevailed in battles to preserve federal preemption in Congress and the courts, but that victory string is likely to be broken by the regulatory reform bill being debated in the Senate this week.

Only four in 10 women say they develop a budget and save accordingly and less than 40% say they want help from a financial advisor to develop a lifetime or retirement income plan. Most are unsure of where to get help or the costs involved.

The trust company highlights its value add in a series of upcoming print and web ads.

Chubb seeks to facilitate discussion on emerging class of risks.

In an ironic twist, the Fed Reserve — one of the most derided regulators for its failure to prevent the financial crisis — may emerge from regulatory reform with its bank supervisory powers intact and authority enhanced.

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The majority of dollars that wealthy investors formerly allocated to workplace-based retirement accounts like 401(k)s and 403(b)s are now being poured into individual retirement accounts, according to Cogent Research LLC.

Study finds gradual shift from retirement savings to Social Security.

The banking industry is scrambling to devise a new strategy to weaken the regulatory reform bill after Republicans failed to cut a bipartisan deal before the legislation advanced to the Senate floor Thursday.

Although some of the “most profound” proposals in regulatory reform made during the wake of the economic collapse are now not likely to happen, FINRA's Ketchum said the financial services industry has a responsibility to act aggressively at detecting fraud before it cleans up the mess at the end.