Regulation & Compliance
Benchmark Interest Rate Setters Can’t Use Estimates: Regulator
Global benchmark interest rates should be based on actual transactions rather than estimates, the top global securities regulatory body said on Tuesday, after a spate of rate-rigging scandals knocked ...Moody’s Affirms China Rating, Lowers Outlook After Fitch Downgrade
Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday affirmed China's government's bond rating of Aa3 but cut the outlook to stable from positive, the second pessimistic revision by a foreign ratings agency this ...
Moody’s Still Sees Negative Outlook For Most U.S. State, Local Governments
Moody's Investors Service said on Tuesday that most U.S. public finance sectors, such as state and local governments, still face a negative outlook and will likely continue to do so until fiscal and ...SEC’s Aguilar Urges End To Mandatory Arbitration Deals By Brokerages
A top U.S. securities regulator on Tuesday urged the government to consider adopting new rules that would prohibit or restrict brokerages and advisers from forcing customers to sign away their right ...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Ruling’s Pricetag: $65 Million
A Florida court's ruling that the state's 104-week limit on injured workers' temporary benefits is unconstitutional could increase costs by $65 million, says the workers' compensation industry's ...U.S. Regulator To Fault JPMorgan Over Madoff Accounts: Reuters Report
U.S. regulators plan to fault JPMorgan Chase & Co, which served as Bernie Madoff's main bank for two decades, for failing to conduct adequate due diligence and report suspicious activity, ...
U.S. Regulators Making Progress Against ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’
For the past year, a special team of U.S. bank regulators has been on a quiet mission to end the belief on Wall Street that large banks are "too big to fail." The team from the Federal Deposit ...State Insurance Commissioners Approve American Indian Outreach
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has approved the formation of an American Indian Liaison Committee to address cooperation between sovereign states and sovereign tribal ...