A law firm is investigating whether Constellation Energy Group released inaccurate statements about its financial health, which inflated its stock share value.
More details emerged Monday about the federal government’s plan to shore up U.S. money market funds so they can maintain their traditional $1 per share net asset value.
In an effort to boost investor confidence in the face of a market crisis, federal securities regulators took the dramatic step Friday of temporarily haulting short-selling in nearly...
A federal regulator on Wednesday urged U.S. Senate lawmakers not to interfere with the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DoL) regulatory scheme for retirement plan fees through additional legislation.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Wednesday announced it had decided to relax previously announced restrictions on how the agency would issue opinion and advisory letters for pre-approved...
A Congressional watchdog agency has recommended the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) simplify its individual retirement account (IRA) rules so more people can take advantage of the tax-sheltered savings...
The New York state attorney general’s office is close to reaching a settlement with brokerage firm Fidelity Investments over its marketing of auction-rate securities (ARS), The New York...
A New Jersey appellate court affirmed dismissal of fraud charges against advisers who recommended that a firm join a multiemployer welfare benefit plan.
The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), Investiment Company Institute (ICI), and the SPARK Institute all gave the Department of Labor (DoL) opinions on its recent fee disclosure proposal.
Faced with overseeing a class action lawsuit that could have represented as many as 57,000 401(k) plans at the Principal Financial Group, a federal judge in Iowa has...