Federal Regulation
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SEC: Annuity Move Reasonable
By Arthur D. PostalThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a court brief defending its decision to regulate some equity-indexed annuities as securities.
April 06, 2009
Geithner Kicks Off Drive To Overhaul Financial Services RegulationThe Obama administration plans to launch its effort to overhaul regulation of the financial services industry by seeking authority to regulate large non-bank institutions and place them into conservatorship or receivership if they run into trouble...
April 05, 2009
Geithner Kicks Off Drive To Overhaul Financial Services RegulationThe Obama administration plans to launch its effort to overhaul regulation of the financial services industry by seeking authority to regulate large non-bank institutions and place them into conservatorship or receivership if they run into trouble...
April 02, 2009
State, federal regulation heats upIt's an argument that's raged for 150 years; and here it comes again. Two members of the House of Representatives plan to introduce legislation today...
April 02, 2009
Obama Takes Financial Agenda OverseasThe current global financial crisis is the number one item on the agenda as President Obama makes his first trip overseas to attend the G-20 conference.
April 02, 2009
Lawmaker Slams GreenbergMaurice Greenberg said today that the government effort to bail out American International Group Inc. has failed.
April 01, 2009
IRS Posts COBRA AnswersThe Internal Revenue Service has released more advice about how to interpret the new health benefits continuation rules.
April 01, 2009
Barofsky: Feds Are Probing BonusesThe U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies are undertaking several investigations of the American International Group Inc. financial products unit retention bonuses.