Federal Regulation
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New Health Insurance Suit Could Affect DOL Fiduciary Rule Litigation
By Allison BellThe plaintiffs are questioning how well officials considered objections and analyzed the regulations' impact.
May 23, 2024
SEC Opens the Door for Spot Ether ETFs in Big Crypto VictoryFirms like BlackRock, Fidelity, VanEck and ARK are vying for crucial first-mover advantage in the race to launch this type of fund.
May 23, 2024
How Worrying Is the New Social Security Trustees Report?Congress should act now to shore up the program as the funding shortfall won't self-correct, actuaries say.
May 23, 2024
FINRA Seeks to Ease Worries on New Home Office RulesSome BDs are incorrectly saying their workers will be required to return to the office full time, FINRA says.
May 23, 2024
T+1 Starts Tuesday. Be Ready, SEC Chief WarnsGary Gensler extolled the benefits of the conversion, but also urged firms to perform all necessary testing.
May 22, 2024
Connecticut Puts Phoenix Life and Annuity Issuer in RehabThe move will limit the amount of cash life and annuity customers can get from sources backed by PHL's own assets.
May 22, 2024
Ex-Nuveen Stock Trader Gets 70 Months for Insider-Trading SchemeHe tipped off an Oregon retiree about the firm's planned trades in stocks in a six-year plot involving over 1,000 trades.
May 22, 2024
Ivan Boesky, Convicted of Insider Trading in 1980s, Dies at 87The high-flying trader speculator was exposed as a cheat in a scandal that defined the era and sent him to prison for two years.