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BIS Wants Tighter Rules for Funds Offering Credit, Fintech

By Huw Jones
June 17, 2018, Reuters

Regulations introduced after the financial crisis a decade ago to smooth out banking booms and busts should be extended to funds that provide …

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U.S. Rule to Protect Retirement Savers Dies Quietly

By Neil Weinberg
June 15, 2018, Bloomberg

The “fiduciary rule” is officially dead.

The Labor Department rule, conceived by the Obama administration, was meant to ensure that advisers put their …

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SEC Chairman Is ‘Sick’ of How Much Retail Fraud There Is

By Bernice Napach
June 18, 2018, ThinkAdvisor

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton told an auditorium filled with bankers and regulatory officials that “the amount of retail fraud that still goes on” …

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Volcker ‘Fix’ May Cause New Headaches for Wall Street

By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price
June 15, 2018, Reuters

A proposal to simplify a rule banning banks from proprietary trading, rather than making life easier for Wall Street, could …

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SEC Panel Supports Narrower Muni Disclosure Proposal

By Kyle Grazier
June 14, 2018, The Bond Buyer

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee voted Thursday to approve a set of recommendations that would improve disclosure in …

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SEC Official Says Bitcoin and Ether Are Not Securities

By Tom Zanki
June 14, 2018, Law360

A key Securities and Exchange Commission official said Thursday that the agency does not consider cryptocurrencies bitcoin and ether to be securities, while …

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SEC Says Ether Is Not a Security

The Securities and Exchange Commission says transactions involving Ether aren’t subject to federal securities rules. Bloomberg’s Jesse Westbrook reports.…

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