dodd-frank act

An increasing shift by clients to registered investment advisors from more costly, full-service brokerages could boost the fortunes of both Charles Schwab Corp (NYSE: SCHW) and TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NYSE: AMTD), an analyst said Friday. Citing that trend, RBC's Bulent Ozcan initiated...

Steve Bartlett sees the Fed Stress test as an all-around success, showing that the nations biggest banks are far better capitalized, and with much less risk than three years ago. However, while the Dodd Frank Act has brought forth some needed reform, it also contains some excesses that will need...

Seeking to avoid potentially expensive financial regulation, Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) is planning to restructure its U.S. operations, the Wall Street Journal is reporting. Multiple banks with a U.S. presence have had to alter operational strategies in light of the Dodd-Frank Act financial bill....

The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that insiders in the Energy sector are hitting the ceiling this morning as they find out that the recently passed Dodd-Frank Act will have implications that reach much further than the financial sector. Apparently one provision in the bill orders...

Bloomberg is reporting that Citigroup (NYSE: C) may be moving its proprietary traders (prop traders) into its hedge-fund unit in a bid to become compliant with the “Volcker Rule” provision in the Dodd-Frank Act. These prop traders would be moved to the hedge-fund unit, where the bank would set up...