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 Exempts Union Workers From HSA Comparability Testing
By Staff WriterThe Internal Revenue Service has completed final regulations that explain how employers are supposed to try to make health savings account programs fair to employees.The ...
July 24, 2006
Money Manager Settles SEC Market-Timing CaseA Kansas fund company has agreed to pay a total of $57 million to settle investigations concerning allegations that the company failed to stop speculators ...
July 21, 2006
IRS Lets Nonprofits Cut Some Workers From 401(k) TestingThe Internal Revenue Service is loosening antidiscrimination requirements for organizations that offer 401(k) retirement plans to some employees and 403(b) plans to others.The new regulations, ...
July 19, 2006
Hearing Witnesses Support Federal Role In RegulationA Treasury official said Tuesday that Congress probably will have to act to solve the regulatory problems facing the U.S. insurance industry.The proposals under review ...
July 19, 2006
Hearing Witnesses Support Federal Role In RegulationA Treasury official said Tuesday that Congress probably will have to act to solve the regulatory problems facing the U.S. insurance industry.The proposals under review ...
July 18, 2006
SEC Has Done Softers a FavorThe president of a consulting firm that assists asset managers (for hedge funds and others) in tracking and optimizing the value of their soft-dollar commissions said July 13 that he believes the use of such commissions will expand in the years to come.
July 16, 2006
Sides Split On Direction Of Preferred Mortality TableWork on a draft regulation for a preferred mortality table is creating disagreement over whether the best approach is to continue with efforts to develop ...
July 16, 2006
SEC's Withdrawal Of 'No-Action' Letter Confuses IndustryIn the early days of variable annuities (the late 1970s and early 1980s), nontraditional salespeople began selling products previously thought to be in the exclusive ...