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The Senate Banking Committee is set to hold a hearing on Thursday to examine whether regulators inappropriately "outsource" oversight to consultants that are paid billions of dollars by the banks. The NY Times reports.
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NEW YORK, May 20- The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association named former Republican Senator Judd Gregg as its chief executive officer, the lobbying group said Monday.
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WASHINGTON, May 7- Staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have circulated a long-awaited draft proposing new reforms for the $2.6 trillion money market fund industry, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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WASHINGTON, May 7- The new head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission defended on Tuesday the agency's policy of letting firms settle civil charges without admitting or denying them, but also pledged to review the practice. The practice has come under fire from some federal judges and lawmakers who argue the SEC should insist on an admission of guilt.
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WASHINGTON, May 3- The top U.S. securities regulator remained tight-lipped on Friday about the details of her agency's efforts to craft reforms for money market funds, probably disappointing an audience of fund industry executives who gathered in Washington for an annual conference.
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WASHINGTON, May 3- The top U.S. securities regulator remained tight-lipped on Friday about the details of her agency's efforts to craft reforms for money market funds, probably disappointing an audience of fund industry executives who gathered in Washington for an annual conference.
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WASHINGTON, May 3- The top U.S. securities regulator remained tight-lipped on Friday about the details of her agency's efforts to craft reforms for money market funds, probably disappointing an audience of fund industry executives who gathered in Washington for an annual conference.
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WASHINGTON, May 3- The top U.S. securities regulator remained tight-lipped on Friday about the details of her agency's efforts to craft reforms for money market funds, probably disappointing an audience of fund industry executives who gathered in Washington for an annual conference.
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White is pushing to adopt a rule that would ease advertising restrictions for private placements of securities by firms such as hedge funds, Bloomberg reported on Friday.
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The Senate Banking Committee is set to hold a hearing on Thursday to examine whether regulators inappropriately "outsource" oversight to consultants that are paid billions of dollars by the banks. The NY Times reports.
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WASHINGTON, April 8- The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White as the new head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency tasked with policing Wall Street and writing new rules of the road for financial markets.
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WASHINGTON, March 19- A U.S. Senate panel voted to move forward two of President Barack Obama's choices to lead financial regulatory agencies, but his pick of Richard Cordray to lead the new consumer bureau likely still faces a tough path to final confirmation.
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WASHINGTON, March 12- Mary Jo White, President Barack Obama's choice to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, told lawmakers that her past legal work for Wall Street clients would not prevent her from being a tough financial watchdog.
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WASHINGTON, March 11- Mary Jo White, the nominee to head the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, plans to tell lawmakers on Tuesday that she will bring a "bold and unrelenting" enforcement program to the agency if she is confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
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BOSTON, March 11- Political uncertainty in the United States could prompt Corporate America to throttle back on capital spending, the chief executive of General Electric Co warned in his annual letter to shareholders. We fear that this uncertainty will impact capital investment, "CEO Jeff Immelt said.
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March 11- General Electric Co nominated Mary Schapiro, former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to its board. Schapiro stepped down as the SEC chairman in December after a tumultuous four years spent rehabilitating the agency's battered reputation.
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WASHINGTON, March 5- The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on March 12 to consider the nominations of Mary Jo White and Richard Cordray to head the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, respectively.
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Even a recent ruling, which could allow brokerages to impose even more restrictions on customers' access to courts, is unlikely to spur the SEC to action, say lawyers and investor advocates. "I don't think the SEC can afford to wait too long," said Massachusetts' top securities regulator, William Galvin.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 21- A bipartisan group of former top officials of the Securities and Exchange Commission are urging the U.S. financial risk council to back down from its efforts to pressure the SEC into adopting new rules for the $2.6 trillion money market fund industry.
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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law of 2010 required the SEC to tighten corporate governance and disclosure rules. It also requires the SEC to enact rules requiring companies to disclose the relationship between executive compensation and the financial performance of the company.
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Those debacles include Nasdaq's botched handling of the Facebook initial public offering and Knight Capital's $440 million losses due to a software error. Walter's predecessor, Mary Schapiro, announced last year she was putting the rule-writing process on the fast track, shortly after Knight Capital nearly went bankrupt.