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Capital Markets Regulation: 2023's Biggest Moments in SEC and CFTC Oversight
A Banking Regulation Retrospective: 2023's Biggest Themes and Most Intriguing Moments
SEC's Forceful Defense of Private Funds Rule Offers Clues on How It Might Fight Future Lawsuits
Harvard's Hal Scott Talks Gensler, Bank Capital and Feeling 'Besieged' by New Regulations
Hedge Fund Leverage, Regional Banks and AI are Among Regulators' Top Worries
Gensler Passes a Rule on His Treasury To-Do List. But There Are Tougher Fights Ahead
Hedge Funds Sue SEC Over Short Selling Rules, Underscoring More Combative Stance
Wall Street Embracing a 'Logical' Approach to Challenge Gensler's Rules
Fintech Advocate Talks Rules, CFPB and Why Big Banks Struggle With Technology
SEC Advisory Panel Drops Plan to Criticize Predictive Data Rule -- For Now
Bank CEOs Can Take Heart: Annual Senate Showcase is no Longer a Flogging
For Wall Street, McHenry's Retirement Means Losing a Key Ally in Raucous House
Gruenberg's 'Listening Tour' Idea Falls Flat With FDIC Staff
Sheila Bair Talks Bank Capital, Badly Behaving Lobbyists and FDIC's Workplace Misconduct
At Washington Crypto Summit, Industry Keeps the Faith that Regulatory Clarity Will Happen
SEC's In-House Judges Have a Tough Day in Court
Hedge Funds Grow Antsy About Little Noticed SEC Rule That Could Threaten Short Sales
SEC Investor Panel Joins Industry in Criticizing Predictive Data Rule
Finance Professor Talks Non-Competes and What ESG Ratings Get Wrong
Gruenberg Under Siege: He's Threatened, But Insiders Expect Him to Fight Back
House Hearing Offers More Basel Scrutiny -- And Tough Questions About Gruenberg's FDIC
Senate Banking Wrap: Basel Dominates But FDIC Harassment Scandal Puts Gruenberg in Hot Seat
Banks Get a Boost From Housing, Civil Rights Groups in Basel Fight
Another High Court Case That Could Threaten Financial Regulators
Did SEC Really Soften Private Funds Rule? Industry Lawsuit Says No
CFTC Called Out By Union Over Pham's Alleged Mistreatment of Enforcement Staff
Stock Exchanges and State Regulators Come to Finra's Defense in Constitutional Challenge
Ex-SEC Official Who Studies Predictive Data Discusses Brokers' 'Netflix Problem'
Financial Services Panel Stresses That Angst With Gensler's Agenda is Bipartisan
Companies Celebrate SEC's Legal Setback on Buyback Rule -- And Hope it's a Harbinger
SEC's Crypto Accounting Guidance Takes a Hit. But Implications are far From Clear
Finra Warns Constitutional Challenge Could 'Eviscerate' Market Oversight
Capital Wrap: A Roundup From Capitol Account's Basel Endgame Event
Gensler Pitches Chamber on Why Companies Should Get Behind SEC's Climate Rule
Scalia and Rep. Barr Blast Bank Capital Plan
Banks in a Bind: Industry Has Issues With CRA Revamp, But Fighting Back May be Tricky
Goldman and Big Bank Trade Group Take Their Anti-Basel Messages to the Masses
Progressive Talks Industry's New Eagerness to Sue Regulators and the Rise of Shadow Lenders
CFPB Shocker: Industry Doesn't Hate Chopra's 'Open Banking' Rule -- Yet
Brokerages, Exchanges Prepare for Battle Over SEC's Latest Market Structure Rule
Citadel and Regional Brokerage Group Team Up to Sue SEC Over CAT Funding
No SEC Appeal in Grayscale Case Means a Bitcoin ETF is Closer Than Ever
Foreign Bank Advocate Talks Basel Endgame and Rules 'Devoid' of Analysis
'This Will Be a Bashing.' At D.C. Gathering, Traders Unload on Gensler's SEC
'Most Radical' Rule in SEC's History. Robinhood Lambastes Data Analytics Proposal
Gensler Notches Win on Activist Rule, While Concessions Tamp Down Funds' Opposition
SEC Approves Activist Hedge Fund Disclosure Rule -- With Some Concessions
Progressive Lawyer Explains How to Defend Agencies With Constitution's Text and History
Enforcement Overdrive? It's Not Just Gensler's Rules Surge That Has Firms on Edge
Wall Street Wants McHenry to be Speaker. Is There a Chance?
A CFPB Surprise: Several Conservative Justices Sound Sympathetic to Bureau's Arguments
Why CFPB Backers are Cautiously Optimistic
Consumer Credit Trade Group Leader Talks CFPB Case and Chopra's Regulation by Blog
Warren Gets a Jump on Defending the CFPB
Gensler Fends Off Attacks on Agenda (and Some Name Calling) at Marathon House Hearing
SEC Launches Broad Sweep Into Wall Street's Use of AI, Raising Questions About Broker Conflicts Rule
How 'Sue the Regulators' Became Part of Wall Street's Washington Playbook
Carlyle Vet Reveals Lessons He Learned Working for Billionaires
A Way Forward on SEC Climate Rule? An Ex-Commissioner Makes His Pitch
SEC 'Names Rule' for ESG Funds Draws Rare Republican Backing -- and Industry Gripes
SEC's Birdthistle Weaves His Way Through Contentious House Hearing
Feeling Slighted, Tim Scott Is Losing Patience With SEC's Gensler
Another Swing Against Swing Pricing. SEC Investor Advisory Panel Questions Edict for Mutual Funds
Better Markets Gathers Regulators (and Warren) for a Day of Bashing Wall Street
Gensler Faces Off With Senate Banking
'Worst Rule Proposal.' Robinhood Gathering Lays Into SEC's Data-Analytics Plan
Ex-SEC Official Coates Talks the Power of Private Equity and Index Funds
Finra is Latest Target for Conservatives Battling Administrative State 'Excesses'
A Very Expensive CAT: SEC Spars Over Who Pays for Huge Database of Stock Trades
Hedge Fund and PE Trade Group Executives Talk Suing the SEC
See You in Court: Industry Sues SEC Over Private Funds Rule
Regulators' SVB Response Picks Up Steam With Plans to Clamp Down on Regional Banks
Prominent Activist Firm Questions SEC's Motives for Swaps Rule
Weakened Private Funds Rule Is a Win for Wall Street. But Firms Aren't Declaring Victory
Lobbying Frenzy: Both Sides Pressed SEC Ahead of Private Funds Vote
Hedge Funds and PE Prepare for Battle Over Gensler's Private Funds Rule
Missouri's 'Anti-Woke' Investing Rule Prompts Wall Street to Take Rare Stand in ESG Wars
U.K. Hedge Fund Group Fires Early Shot at SEC's Swaps Rule
PE Firms, Hedge Funds Plot Legal Strategy to Fend off FSOC's Dreaded Risk Labels
A $36 Billion Hike in Audit Fees? Business Groups Bemoan PCAOB's Noncompliance Standard
How Bank Regulators' Capital Plan Could Hurt Hedge Funds
Quarles Says New Fed Capital Plan Undoes His 'Moderate' Changes
House Oversight Chairman Wants Answers on Gensler's Academic Appointees
BlackRock, Fidelity and Vanguard Pan FSOC's Push to Label More Firms Too-Big-to-Fail
Banks vs. Retailers: Both Sides Discuss Their Two-Decade War Over Credit Card Swipe Fees
Bank Capital Plan Proves Divisive With Regulators -- Giving Wall Street Critics a Boost
Banks Shift Focus to Powell in Capital Fight
Banks Battle Each Other Over the Tab For SVB's Collapse
As Gensler Plots to Finish Rules, Hedge Funds Ramp Up Their Lobbying
Duke's Reiners Dissects What Ripple Ruling Means for the SEC (And Coinbase)
Taking a Swing at Swing Pricing: SEC's Peirce Warns About Turning Mutual Funds Into Banks
Could Overhaul of Big Bank Capital Rules Spark a Housing Fight?
Confronted With Republicans' ESG Attacks, SEC CorpFin Chief Stands His Ground
Finance Firms Fret Gensler is Poised to Pull a Power Grab Over a Huge Loan Market
ICI's Pan on Battling the SEC Over Mutual Fund Rules and `Vigorous' Debates With Gensler
Retail Investors -- Curiously -- Jump Into SEC Activist Battle
SEC Adopts Revised Money Fund Rule, But Opponents Aren't Appeased
Is Finra's Judicial System Constitutional? D.C. Circuit Case Could Raise Thorny Questions
Bank Regulators Speak: Watchdogs Offer Fresh Insights on Capital Hikes, M&A and Supervision
Elliott's Top Lawyer Zabel Talks SEC's 'Ill-Conceived' Crackdown on Activists
Hedge Funds to SEC: Your Activist Reporting Rule Remains a Mess
Going on Sabbatical: What Presidential Libraries Taught a JPMorgan Executive About Leadership
OTC Markets Lawyer Talks Regulated Crypto Trading and Easing Capital Raising
Has a Plan to Ease Banks' Anti-Money Laundering Burdens Gone Off the Rails?
SEC's Market Structure Revamp Isn't The Only Rule Targeting Citadel and Virtu
FDIC Union Mobilizes to Fight Gruenberg's Return to Office Dictate
FDIC's Gruenberg Stokes Fight With Staff By Demanding Return to Office
DeFi Group's Top Lawyer Talks Suing Regulators and SEC's 'Maddening' Approach to Oversight
Gensler Deputies Get an Earful From House Republicans (and Some Polite Pushback From Democrats, Too)
SEC Takes a Stab at Assessing Swap Rule's Impact on Activist Hedge Funds
DOJ's Antitrust Chief Signals More Rigorous (and Murky) Approach to Bank Mergers
Consumer Bankers' Johnson Talks Late Fees and Why Chopra Must Meet With Industry
Scorecard-Gate: A Skirmish Over the SEC's Market Rules Revamp
SEC Investor Panel Wades Into Activist Rule Fight
Chopra Charm Offensive? CFPB Chief Befriends Republicans in Senate Hearing
Banks Fret as Agencies Ready Capital Boost
Davis Polk's Portilla Talks FSOC and Whether Fund Giants Are Really In Its Crosshairs
Gensler's Defense: SEC Chair Issues His Point-by-Point Rebuttal of Crypto Critics
Gensler Speaks: Chair Offers Updates on Swaps Reporting, Broker Research Payments and CAT
A Monumental Day for Crypto: SEC Sues Coinbase as Congress Inches Forward on Oversight Bill
A Lift for Gensler? An Ex-SEC Chief Economist Throws His Support Behind Auction Proposal
Banks Are Ready For a Fight if Gensler Comes After Their $7 Trillion 'Collective Funds' Empire
'A Lion of the Securities Bar.' Former Colleagues Reflect on Harvey Pitt's Legacy
'Career-Ending Event.' In Surprise Move, Long-Time CFTC Lawyer Sues Agency Over IG's Ouster
Ex-Direct Edge Leader O'Brien Critiques SEC's Market Structure Overhaul
'Have Them Stand Up.' Gensler's Beefs With Mutual Funds Boil Over at Industry Gathering
Banks Will Soon Learn A Lot More About Where Biden Administration Stands on Mergers
Fight Over Broker Research Payments Sets Off Lobbying Frenzy Ahead of Financial Services Markup
Helping Gensler: Proponents Look to Gin Up Support for Push Against Activist Hedge Funds
Brookings' Klein Talks Fed Blind Spots, Bank Runs and Why the U.S. Shouldn't Cover More Deposits
CEOs of Failed Banks Have an Easier Day Two as House Republicans Set Sights on Regulators
Fed Takes Hits as Lawmakers Dig Into Bank Failures
Wall Street Was Caught Flat Footed by SEC's Custody Rule. Now Firms Say it May be an Earthquake
House's Steil Talks SEC Oversight, Proxy Advisors and Gensler's Emails
Pot Banking's Chances of Clearing Senate Remain Murky
Global Elites and Big Oil: House Hearing Exposes Divisiveness of ESG Politics
A De Facto Crypto Ban? Industry Rips SEC's New 'Custody Rule' For Fund Managers
Banks May Get Help From a Few Unlikely Sources in Fight Over CFPB's Late Fee Cap
End the Fed? Populist Policy Advocate on the Banking Crisis and Who's to Blame
Banks in Turmoil: Speculation of Short-Selling Bans, SEC Probes Rekindles 2008 Memories
Gensler Finishes Two Rules and the Business Lobby Starts Calling Lawyers
On Hedge Funds' Turf, Gensler Shows He Won't Shy Away From a Fight
SEC Bogged Down With Activist Rules? That's What Hedge Funds Are Hoping
Barr to Banks: Get Ready For Tougher Oversight After SVB Tumult
Calling Scalia: Citadel Taps an SEC Antagonist For Fight Over Market Structure Rules
Facing Washington Scrutiny, BlackRock Seeks Out Big Names for Policy and Comms Role
Wall Street's Non-Compete Problem: Doctors Backing FTC Ban Rip Private Equity
Mr. Algo: An Electronic Trading Luminary Switches Sides to Join SEC
Grading Gensler: Advocates Assess SEC Chief Two Years In
Wall Street (Delicately) Pushes Back on FTC's Planned Ban of Non-competes
Finance Executives Reconvene to Take a Fresh Whack at SEC's Trading Revamp
SEC Glitch That Led to Lost Comment Letters Handled Appropriately, Acting IG Says
Two-Tier Market? Biotech Group Warns SEC's Trading Revamp Is Bad for Small Companies
CFBP's U-Turn: Workforce Satisfaction Plunges Under Chopra
The SEC Says Market Revamp Is a Win for Small Investors. BlackRock, T. Rowe Aren't so Sure.
Nasdaq and NYSE Say Thanks, But No Thanks to SEC Auctions
ABA's Nichols Talks SVB Turmoil, Pot Banking and the CFPB War on 'Junk' Fees
An SEC Surprise: Workforce Morale Is Pretty High
Dueling Views on Auctions: Virtu and We the Investors on SEC's Plan
Trading Rules Opposition: Citadel Securities and Robinhood Have a lot to Say About SEC Revamp
'The Mooch' Talks Crypto Rules, SBF and the 2024 Election
Bank Runs Reach Peak Politics: White House Blames Trump and Calls for Tougher Rules
Attack on Auctions: New Paper Contends SEC's Cost-Savings Estimate is Deeply Flawed
In Barr We Trust? Senators Lean on Fed's Supervision Chief to Fix Banks
IEX Gives Gensler a Lift by Backing Big Changes to Stock Trading Rules
Ex-Comptroller Ludwig Talks New Era of Bank Runs and How to Prevent Them
Coinbase Enforcement Warning Shows Gensler is Nearing His Crypto Endgame
Lawmakers Start Laying Out SVB Response
Good Timing: Bankers Descend on Washington as Debate Over Tougher Rules Heats Up
Capitol Hill Gears Up Its Bank Crisis Response With Bills, Hearings and Investigations
Gensler Speaks: Market Structure, Climate and Crypto
Yellen Pledges Confidence But Another Banking Weak Spot Emerges
Cybersecurity and Bank Runs? Gensler Draws a Parallel as he Pushes New Rules
Banks Start Plotting Their SVB Counter-narrative in Washington
The SVB Fallout Shines Unwanted Spotlight on Fed and Reignites Debate Over Too Big to Fail
Gottheimer Talks Working With Republicans and Gensler's Busy Agenda
Fed's Barr Offers His (Skeptical) Voice on Crypto
A New Republican Blueprint for Dismantling ESG
Pressure Mounts on Gensler to Tighten Rules for Private Markets -- and Their Investors
NYSE, Citadel and Schwab Join Forces to Dump on Gensler's Push for Retail Stock Auctions
Ex-Commissioner Talks CFTC Policy and the Challenges of Working With Gary Gensler
Gensler's Brushback Pitch to Coinbase Over Custody Rules
Minority Trade Group Says Gensler's Revamp of Stock Rules Threatens Financial Inclusion
Grayscale's Hired Gun Is Ready to Battle SEC Over Bitcoin ETF
CFPB Angst: Consumer Regulator Faces Months of Uncertainty as SCOTUS Weighs Fate
Ex-ICE Executive Talks Bringing Crypto Out of the Shadows
Gensler Is Getting SEC Staff Back to The Office -- But Not That Often
CFPB Escalates Friction With Banks by Accusing Them of Concealing Credit Card Data
Opposition to Mutual Fund Swing Pricing Sets Up Another Epic Battle for Gensler
PCAOB Chief Talks China, Enforcement and How She's 'Troubled' By Rise in Audit Firm Deficiencies
Nasdaq Has Some (Early) Issues With SEC's Market Structure Overhaul
A Crypto Moratorium? Firms Worry SEC Plan Could Close Market Off to Big Investors
As Regulators Seek to Rein in Crypto, Firms Might Need a Divided Congress to Save Them
Credit Union Group in Disarray Over Lobbyist's Quick Ouster
Lawsuit Prep? Wall Street Demands Data That Gensler Relied on For Stock Trading Overhaul
China Takes a Beating From House Financial Services Committee
Activists Triumph: Company Drops Hardball Tactics That Threatened Hedge Fund Strategy
Grayscale Lawyer Talks Suing the SEC and Why Agency is Wrong to Block a Bitcoin ETF
BlackRock's Two Major ESG Exchange Traded Funds Have an SEC Problem
Banks Preparing Full Assault on CFPB Plan to Cap Credit Card Late Fees
Gensler's Calendar Offers New Insight on Push for a Regulated Crypto Exchange
Market Structure Expert Larry Tabb Dissects SEC's Revamp of Trading Rules
Retail Traders are Taking Their Fight Against Wall Street to the SEC -- Literally
NYSE Trading Debacle Is Fuel For Gensler's Market-Structure Critics
Lots of Finance Workers Are (Enthusiastically) Supporting FTC's Plan to Ban Non-Competes
Bad News for Traders: Two Sigma Says Finra Plan May Force Some Back to the Office
Crypto Advocates Talk New Congress, Regulators and Moving Past FTX
Crypto Turf Fight: a Progressive Attack on CFTC’s Behnam Gets Personal – and Ugly
An SEC Plan to Make the Treasury Market Safer is Roiling Banks and Hedge Funds
SEC's Tussle With Covington Has Huge Implications for Lawyers -- And their Clients
BPI's Baer Talks Bank Capital, His Crypto Skepticism and D.C.'s Anti-Wall Street Views
SEC Ups Ante in Crypto Crackdown by Suing Genesis and Gemini
Wall Street Has Been Noticeably Quiet About FTC's Proposed Ban of Non-Competes
A Wall Street Vet Backs SEC on Market Structure Revamp
State of Play on SEC Activist Rules: Negotiations Inside Agency are Heating Up
A Long-Time D.C. Investigator Talks House and Senate Oversight
Gensler Faces More Democratic Pushback, This Time on Treasury 'Dealer' Rule