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By Michael McFarlin |
February 21, 2013
A couple of weeks ago, Standard & Poor's was sued by the U.S. government and a number of state governments for allegedly inflating credit ratings. Once again, Stephen Colbert brings his unique take on the S&P lawsuit.
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By Press Release |
February 19, 2013
CFTC orders Enskilda Futures Limited to pay a $125,000 civil monetary penalty for failing to meet minimum capital requirements due to margin errors.
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By Press Release |
February 14, 2013
CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler addressed customer protections and upcoming reforms to the swaps market today in a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.
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By Rebecca Christie, Bloomberg |
February 14, 2013
The European Union proposed a tax on financial transactions that could be collected worldwide as soon as the start of next year by the 11 nations that have so far signed up to participate.
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By Press Release |
February 11, 2013
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today granted the petition of Cantor Clearinghouse, L.P. to amend its order of registration as a derivatives clearing organization.
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By Joshua Gallu, Bloomberg |
February 8, 2013
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued a Chicago man over claims he fraudulently raised more than $145 million primarily from Chinese investors by promising that their investments would provide a pathway to U.S. citizenship.
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By Jim Efstathiou Jr., Bloomberg |
February 6, 2013
Drilling regulators directed offshore operators to halt work on some oil and gas wells in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico after discovering faulty bolts on equipment used to prevent blowouts.
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By Gavin Finch, Lindsay Fortado and Silla Brush, Bloomberg |
February 6, 2013
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, Britain’s biggest publicly owned lender, will pay about $612 million in fines for manipulating interest rates, the second- largest penalty imposed in a global regulatory probe.
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By Phil Mattingly and Edvard Pettersson, Bloomberg |
February 5, 2013
The U.S. is seeking as much as $5 billion in penalties from McGraw-Hill Cos. and its Standard & Poor’s unit as punishment for inflated credit ratings that were central to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
February 5, 2013
Ms. Sommers will be leaving the Commodity Futures Trading Commission soon after years of unfailing service and grace. She is irreplaceable and will be missed.
