Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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Texas and nine other Republican-led states are ratcheting up pressure on Wall Street's diversity programs, asking firms about their policies on hiring and supplier selections as the Trump administration moves to gut DEI.
January 24 -
The White House has canceled the October 2023 executive order from the previous administration on AI regulation and oversight.
January 22 -
Hester Peirce and SEC Acting Chair Mark Uyeda say they want to group to devise a clear compliance framework for digital assets and end regulation by enforcement.
January 22 -
China currently dominates the market for the hardware and software used to mine cryptocurrency. Creating a large federal reserve would expose a major U.S. asset to potential Chinese meddling.
January 22 -
The avalanche of cases announced Friday included charges against a no-longer registered advisor and firm accused of misappropriating more than $20 million from clients.
January 21 -
President Trump signed a series of executive orders after his inauguration, including a hiring freeze for federal government workers, particularly at the IRS.
January 20 -
Regulators took the wirehouses to task for not having policies directing advisors to consider clients' best interests.
January 17 -
The Malvern, Pennsylvania-based asset manager was dinged by the SEC, which said it made misleading statements to some retirement savers.
January 17 -
The case reflects the extent of industry efforts — and failures to enforce — guidelines such as customer identification programs.
January 17 -
As we enter the beginning of 2025, bonus depreciation continues to leverage down as more portions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expire.
January 17 -
The mood in markets and the financial situation are starkly different from 2017, when Trump and congressional Republicans passed a deficit-expanding tax cut.
January 17 -
These and other issues were the topics of the "2025 Markets & Economy Outlook" webinar Monday with Fidelity Investments.
January 14 -
Leadership appointments and an influx of new crypto-friendly lawmakers suggest the 119th Congress could be the most fintech and crypto-friendly in years.
January 14 -
Regulators have handed down more than $3 billion in penalties over employees' alleged failures to record business-related messages sent on services like WhatsApp.
January 13 -
Regulators accused the online brokerage of failing to accurately report trades, comply with short selling rules and maintain proper books and records, among other things.
January 13 -
Two brokers had sought an unspecified amount that they argued they were owed from when they worked at the Wall Street giant before departing for rival firms.
January 13 -
Lawsuits before the Supreme Court and in lower federal courts across the country could further reduce enforcement powers at the IRS and the SEC this year.
January 13 -
The firm says a summer intern who was turned down for a full-time position sent harassing messages that led it to close its Atlanta office for two days in January.
January 13 -
The proposed regulations involve provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act, including auto enrollment in 401(k) and 403(b) plans, and the Roth IRA catchup rule.
January 10 -
Michael and David Sztrom, who settled fraud allegations with the SEC in 2022, contend the regulators' "follow on" attempt to boot them from the industry violates their constitutional rights.
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