Federal Regulation
Get the latest news and insights on regulatory developments affecting financial advisors and the stock market and trading, including news about the SEC, DOL, IRS and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
IRS Rules On State Reserve Conflicts
By Staff WriterWhen a life insurer is deducting changes in reserves from federal taxable income, it can use the highest reserve amount required by any state in ...
June 29, 2008
SEC Proposes Treating Indexed Annuities As SecuritiesMembers of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-0 to propose a rule that would define some indexed annuities as securities.The proposal would create ...
June 27, 2008
IRS Schedules Multiemployer Plan HearingThe Internal Revenue Service will meet at 10 a.m. July 16 to hear public comments on proposed changes to the rules governing multiemployer pension plans ...
June 27, 2008
FINRA Warns Against Selling AssetsA regulator says investors should think twice before taking out reverse mortgages, getting 401(k) plan debit cards or selling life insurance policies to cope with ...
June 27, 2008
FINRA Warns Against Selling AssetsA regulator says investors should think twice before taking out reverse mortgages, getting 401(k) plan debit cards or selling life insurance policies to cope with ...
June 27, 2008
Voss Calls For Teamwork As SEC Airs ProposalIowa Insurance Commissioner Susan Voss says she would like to have a chance to talk to members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about ...
June 27, 2008
Voss Calls For Teamwork As SEC Airs ProposalIowa Insurance Commissioner Susan Voss says she would like to have a chance to talk to members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about ...
June 26, 2008
The sky is (not) fallingWith our editor, Daniel Williams, still holding down the fort on the last day of MDRT's big conference in Toronto, let me, Associate Editor Andy Stonehouse, step in for a moment and get you up to date on today's flurry of activity