Regulation & Compliance
U.S. Treasury Secretary to Defend FSOC Work at Congressional Hearing
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew pushed back against Republican efforts to curtail the work of a council of regulators charged with preventing another financial crisis and said a failure to ...
FSOC Faces Balancing Act on Transparency: Treasury Official
A U.S. Treasury official pushed back against criticism by some Republican lawmakers that the process for deciding whether financial companies pose a potential risk to stability lacks transparency. ...
S&P Moves Berkshire Hathaway ‘AA’ Rating to Stable Outlook
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. had its credit outlook raised to stable from negative at Standard & Poor's as the company's capital position strengthened. The "AA" rating was affirmed. ...
U.S. Supreme Court Halliburton Ruling Will Help ‘Weed Out’ Weaker Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court tightened the limits on class-action lawsuits by shareholders, giving a partial victory to Halliburton Co. while stopping short of abolishing those suits altogether. ...
Florida Private Flood Bill Now Law But Market May Take a While to Develop
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed legislation designed to encourage private insurers to offer flood insurance, but the industry is tamping down expectations that it will result in a viable market in ...
Climate Change Bottom-Line Talk Grows, S&P Director Says
Companies and governments worldwide are changing their behaviors and examining their risks in the face of climate change, a managing director for Standard & Poor's said as he held up the ...
1990s Soft Market Redux? Not Quite, But Global Re Outlook Negative, Says Moody’s
In June, Moody's Investors Service changed its outlook on the global reinsurance sector to negative from stable, noting that the current soft market has traits similar to the one that persisted in ...
Insider Options Trades Seen in 25% of U.S. M&A Deals: Research
About a quarter of U.S. merger and acquisition deals have insider-related options trading activity before official announcements, but only a fraction are being investigated by regulators, according ...