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NewsJPMorgan Chase's new checking account disclosure
Consumer fees have been a source of bitter controversies recently, and many have called for banks to simply their disclosure in many ways. JPMorgan Chase has responded to the challenge with a new Read more...
BlackRock vs. Entire ETF industry
By dint of its iShares deal, BlackRock is now the big kid on the block when it comes to exchange traded funds (ETFs). BlackRock's influence cannot be discounted. And the massive asset manager has Read more...
Should Bank of America have disclosed AIG legal risk?
Bank of America's stock has sunk to penny stock levels in part because of the great uncertainty over potential litigation. The recent pile-on by an array of aggrieved parties was evidence that the Read more...
Small hedge funds face more regulatory scrutiny
For a while, it looked like hedge funds would escape the regulatory reform push relatively unscathed. That still rings true. The exception might be small hedge funds, many of which will be facing Read more...
CalPERS probed for disclosure issues
CalPERS considers itself a leader in the shareholder movement to force public companies to improve their corporate governance practices. It has recently targeted Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase. But Read more...
Why didn't Goldman Sachs disclose the Wells notice?
One issue in the Goldman Sachs-ABACUS drama was whether Goldman (NYSE: GS) had an obligation to disclose in timely fashion the fact that it had received a Wells notice. Recall the bank chose not to Read more...
Nuances in the "will Lehman be charged?" debate
Will Lehman Brothers (Lehman Brothers news) ever be charged? It's been more than two years since the firm's collapse, and that is still far from certainty. In the last month or so, we've seen a lot Read more...
Dodd-Frank leaves much to the regulators
Civil servants have been put on the hot seat when it comes to the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill. The federal bureaucracy has been tasked with much of the real work of reform, which must be Read more...
Green Accountability
At the start of 2010, the SEC issued guidance on climate change disclosure, deeming it an obligation of business and investment institutions to report climate risk information to shareholders. The Read more...
Disclosure issue? Goldman Sachs executives knew about SEC complaint nine months ago
Bloomberg reports the SEC (SEC news) sent Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) a Wells notice in July. Which raises an obvious question: Why didn't Goldman Sachs disclose that a probe had been initiated? There Read more...
| Press ReleasesFitch Special Report: U.S. RMBS Disclosure of 4Q'11 Non-Prime Loan Pool InformationNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings has published a special report on Disclosure of Loan Pool Information for U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) for the fourth quarter of 2011 Read more >> IASB and FASB Issue Common Offsetting Disclosure RequirementsLONDON & NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued common disclosure requirements that Read more >> Chase, North Carolina State Employees' Credit Union, and Pentagon Federal Credit Union Adopt Pew's Simple Account Terms DisclosuPew commends these financial institutions for making important checking account information easy to understand WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pew Health Group's Safe Read more >> Chase Makes Checking Accounts Easier to UnderstandAdopts Pew Health Group’s simple disclosure form for account terms NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Chase today unveiled a revised summary guide for Chase Total Checking℠ that makes its terms and Read more >> Jefferies Discloses All Current Positions in Sovereign Debt of Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and SpainNEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In response to inquiries, Jefferies is disclosing its position as of a few minutes ago in the sovereign risk of the nations of Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Read more >> |
