Financial Regulatory Forum

WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – U.S. securities regulators will consider next Wednesday proposals to shed more light on dark pools, or venues where stock trades are hidden from public view, a notice on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website said.

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By Jim Christie and Svea Herbst-Bayliss
SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, said on Wednesday it is probing fees paid by outside money managers to win its business, expanding a review of “pay-to-play” schemes at public retirement systems that has spread across the nation.
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Elinor Comlay and Rachelle Younglai
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Bank of America Corp’s decision to hand over protected information on what it knew about Merrill Lynch before it merged paves the way for the bank to settle a number of federal investigations and start anew after Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis departs.
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By Jonathan Spicer and Herbert Lash
NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) – A handful of companies, including high-frequency traders, have asked the U.S. stock clearinghouse to act as a market-wide monitor, to guard against the risk of a malfunctioning computer program spreading chaos.
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By Kevin Drawbaugh and Christopher Doering
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee on Friday unveiled a draft bill on regulation of over-the-counter derivatives that differs in some key respects from bills drawn up elsewhere in the House and by the Obama administration.

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By Huw Jones
BASEL, Switzerland, Oct 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will review by the end of the autumn its milestones for possible adoption of a global set of accounting rules, its chairman Mary Schapiro said on Thursday.
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By Emily Chasan
NEW YORK, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Proposed changes to mark-to-market accounting rules are likely to look similar on both sides of the Atlantic in the end, despite a current controversy about how far to expand the rules, the top global accounting rulemaker said.

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WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Finalizing a controversial proposal to give U.S. investors a cheaper and easier way to nominate corporate directors is taking longer than expected and securities regulators will not vote on it until early in 2010.

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By Christopher Doering
WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The two main U.S.
regulators policing the securities and futures markets said on
Wednesday they will issue on Oct. 15 a report outlining where
their regulatory frameworks differ and ways to bridge those
gaps.

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WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – A congressional panel will expand its examination of credit rating agencies to look at why U.S. securities regulators ignored warnings from former Moody’s Corp executives about the company’s weak compliance department and ratings process.

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