Regulation

Executive compensation has been an important topic in the investor community for over a decade. Unfortunately, shareholders have gone largely unheard and the issue has been little more than a blip on the radar of corporate America.

The banking industry is not relenting in its fight against new Internal Revenue Service rules that will require more tax reporting on accounts held by foreigners.

The Office of Congressional Ethics voted 6-0 to dismiss allegations that Rep. Spencer Bachus, the House Financial Services Committee chairman, engaged in insider trading.

In the Federal Reserve Board's most recent survey of loan officers, bankers have a host of concerns keeping them away from originating loans held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Dodd-Frank went a long way toward ending too-big-to-fail. Since large, diversified financial institutions provide significant economic value to clients, the likely effect of arbitrary and preemptive break-ups would be to concede global financial leadership to other jurisdictions.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday it has hired a new assistant director for its Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, which will work with other regulators to assess diversity policies and practices at banks and nonbanks.

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The CFPB's mission is to protect consumers from financial harm.

WASHINGTON–When the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently announced it planned to scale back proposed limits on credit card fees, consumer groups and some in the media immediately criticized it.

There's a sizable, growing community of people who'd be receptive to the notion that you can get needed services without having to support the companies that have inflicted so much damage on the economy and the country.