Mary Schapiro

Wall Street Reform: Taking a Knife to a Gunfight

Sanjay Sanghoee | Posted 05.24.2012

Sanjay Sanghoee

If Congress is truly serious about banking reform, it needs more than just well-intentioned laws: it also needs the right people to enforce those laws, it needs to give those people the resources they require to do their job properly, and it needs to pay them decently.

Ex-Wall St. Trader Imprisoned For Threatening To 'Kill' Top Regulator

Posted 04.10.2012

You might think that being a top financial regulator is a dry job, or that it’s never dangerous. You might then be wrong. Vincent McCrudden,...

Paul Blumenthal

SEC Pushed To Demand Corporations Reveal Political Spending

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 03.26.2012

WASHINGTON -- A coalition of reform groups gathered Monday morning to urge the Securities and Exchange Commission to require publicly traded companies...

Startup Bill Derailed In Wake Of SEC Warnings

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

(By David Lawder and Sarah N. Lynch - Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats rebranded a bill aimed at job growth as a threat to investor protections on Thu...

SEC Chairman: 'I Find It Hard To Remain On The Sidelines' In Battle With Industry Players

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

* Says money market funds still at risk for runs * Schapiro says 2010 reforms not enough * Faces resistance from industr...

New Jobs Bill Great Except For The Financial Fraud Thing

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.15.2012

Congress might soon pass a bill aimed at creating jobs. But there's a catch. Regulators say the bill -- known as the Jumpstart Our Business Startup...

'I Don't Feel Any Pressure At All To Go Along With Anybody'

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2012

* Schapiro says only pressure is to do what is best for U.S. * EU official Barnier said SEC is testing European patience ...

Billionaire Leon Cooperman Writes "Open Letter to President Obama"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.06.2012

Joseph A. Palermo

Wall Street "veteran" Leon Cooperman has written an "Open Letter to President Obama" that provides us with a glimpse into the mindset of our 21st century corporate overlords. What's put a bee in Mr. Cooperman's bonnet is the president's "tone" toward billionaires like himself.

Regulator: MF Global Violated 'Core Foundation' Of Investor Protection

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 01.03.2012

WASHINGTON — A regulator investigating the collapse of Jon Corzine's securities firm, MF Global, said Thursday that the firm's failure to separa...

Watchdog: SEC Spent Over $100K On Living, Travel Expenses For Ex-Official

Posted 11.24.2011

WASHINGTON (Sarah N. Lynch) -The Securities and Exchange Commission failed to follow federal guidelines and spent in excess of $100,000 on living ...

Ex-SEC Lawyer Says He Got OK To Work On Madoff Fund

AP | By MARCY GORDON | Posted 11.23.2011

WASHINGTON -- The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission is facing increased scrutiny from lawmakers after a former top commission official sa...

After Mistakes With Madoff, Regulators Modernize Handling Of Tips

Posted 09.26.2011

(Sarah N. Lynch and Matthew Goldstein) - For more than three years, U.S. securities regulators investigated allegations of accounting fraud at a s...

Starving SEC Helps No One But Wall Street

The New York Times | James B. Stewart | Posted 09.15.2011

The economy is still suffering from the worst financial crisis since the Depression, and widespread anger persists that financial institutions that ca...

Financial Regulatory Powers Might Be Outsourced To Wall Street-Funded Finra

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 08.28.2011

Congress may outsource the job of regulating thousands of investment advisors to an organization funded by the professionals it regulates, Bloomberg N...

SEC Chair Says Cuts Could Have 'Profound Impact' On Agency

The New York Times | BEN PROTESS | Posted 07.05.2011

Financial regulators asked lawmakers on Wednesday for more money to enforce dozens of new rules and oversee Wall Street. ...

GOP Continues Efforts To Delay, Weaken Financial Reform

Posted 07.05.2011

WASHINGTON (Sarah N. Lynch and Christopher Doering) - Two congressional committees led by Republicans approved measures on Wednesday to delay and ...

Goldman 'Totally Freaked Out' About Volcker Rule

Posted 07.04.2011

This post has been corrected. (Lauren Tara LaCapra) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc has just a few more months to put its stamp on the Volcker rule, ...

SEC Unveils Plan To Stabilize Markets

Posted 06.06.2011

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON - The Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled a long-awaited plan designed to protect the markets from volatile pr...

SEC Chair: We Didn't Consider 'Media Frenzy' When Writing IPO Rules

Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON (By Sarah N. Lynch) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reviewing the rules surrounding private securities trading and in...

Lila Shapiro

Ethics Concerns At SEC May Undermine Funding Bid

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

As the SEC publicly campaigns for increased funding, chairwoman Mary Schapiro is facing new criticism over the appointment of a key agency official wh...

Key SEC Official Criticized For Ties To Madoff

The New York Times | Louise Story and Gretchen Morgenson | Posted 05.25.2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission took a beating two years ago for failing to detect Bernard L. Madoff's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme during ...

SEC Faces Budget Woes With Messy Books

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

While Securities and Exchange Commission officials are fighting for a budget increase to deal with new duties put in place by the financial reform bil...

SEC Issues Crucial New Ruling On Mortgages, Loans

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are requiring firms selling securities tied to mortgages, credit cards and student loans, which froze during the fin...

Money Manager Accused Of Threatening To Kill 47 Regulators

Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK, Jan 14 (By Jonathan Stempel) - A New York money manager with a long history of legal battles with the government has been charged with threa...

Regulators Scramble Ahead of WikiLeaks Financial Disclosures

Phil Trupp | Posted 05.25.2011

Phil Trupp

Not since the $700 billion raid of taxpayer dollars have Washington regulators scurried so quickly to ferret out evidence of collusion between the feds and the nation's major banks. All because of WikiLeaks.