While Senate leaders said they would like to complete a vote on regulatory reform legislation this week, that goal is looking increasingly unrealistic.

Recent revelations such as those involving Goldman Sachs demonstrate that when it comes to investing, many commercial banks, pension funds, endowments and other institutions are not sophisticated.

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have created a joint panel to study last Thursday's mysterious "flash crash," as well as other emerging regulatory issues.

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the hedge fund division of Ivy Asset Management, a unit of Bank of New York Mellon Corp., and two of its executives alleging they “deliberately” mislead clients about investments tied to Bernard L. Madoff.

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan filed a briefing with the high court last year asking it not to accept an appellate decision affirming the Gartenberg standard in the Jones vs. Harris Associates case.

A FINRA panel granted Stifel more than $900,000 in attorney’s fees and denied all of Wachovia’s claims in a bitterly disputed raiding case.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will take another stab at imposing checks on securitization. The agency is expected to issue another proposal that would restrict its safe harbor for securitized assets, five months after its first attempt, during which the Securities and Exchange Commission weighed in with a plan of its own.

Evidently, less is not more when it comes to investment advice in 401(k) plans.

New rules and technology, trends among Baby Boomers and the Great Recession have led to a burst in Roth individual retirement account conversions.

As the Securities and Exchange Commission is moving quickly to impose new regulations on derivatives in mutual and exchange-traded funds, it is important to know that derivatives have become an important tool, said F. William McNabb II, president and chief executive officer of Vanguard Group.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) suit against Goldman Sachs centers on the allegation that the Wall Street firm failed to disclose to investors the role an opportunistic hedge fund, Paulson & Co., played in choosing the assets underlying a CDO, before betting against it.

WASHINGTON—The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is preparing to take enforcement action against certain firms for selling municipal bonds to retail customers without disclosing material information, including that the bonds’ credit ratings had been spiraling downward, a FINRA official said Thursday.

PALM DESERT, Calif.—The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association is in discussions with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish the first-ever licensing, training and continuing education program for operations executives at financial firms.

In the aftermath of the global recession, regulators from developed nations are working with financial industry leaders to build a new foundation for a more balanced global economy less susceptible to worldwide crises.

Donohue: ‘We are moving quickly.’

Add target-date funds to the list of headaches for advisers and investors.

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.

WASHINGTON -- The Securities and Exchange Commission is embarking on a nationwide inquiry into municipal securities that will lead to specific recommendations for changes to laws and regulations to better protect investors and the market.

WASHINGTON - Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro today said the SEC is embarking on a nationwide inquiry into municipal securities that will lead to specific recommendations for changes to laws and regulations to better protect investors and the market.

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.