The key life and health and property/casualty subsidiaries of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. have been removed from a review with negative implications by A.M. Best Co., the Oldwick, N.J., rating agency that also affirmed the A-plus financial strength ratings and AA-minus issuer credit ratings of the Hartford units.

The Blackstone Group said Tuesday that it is making several changes, including liquidation of hedge funds with insufficient scale, in the single-manager hedge funds businesses within its marketable alternative asset management segment.

A record 344 hedge funds were liquidated in the third quarter, according to data from Hedge Fund Research.

The government MBS guarantor ended a 15-day advance notice mandate for extensions on a filing deadline so those with a March 31 due date can still ask for one.

The federal court rejected Flagstar's attempts for both a panel rehearing and an en banc hearing to overturn California's interest on mortgage escrow rule.

A section of Trump's executive order on mortgage credit called for eliminating requirements for loan officer registration, a process industry experts say has never been considered a burden.

Lawmakers must hold merchants accountable when credit unions are left cleaning up the mess after data breaches.

As machine learning generally benefits from lots of examples, by the time a model can be implemented to tackle the new threat, the threat has generally moved on, so frequent updates to models are necessary, writes Oliver Tearle, head of research at The ai Corporation

Events like the recent government shutdown present opportunities for banks to help customers when they need it most.