Tag: Better Markets
Better Markets report criticizes megabanks for misdeeds
PROVIDENCE – While CEOs of the nation’s biggest banks appeared before Congress last week in hopes of making a case that regulatory reforms since...
Better Markets applauds Supreme Court decision on liability of fraud
PROVIDENCE – Better Markets, a nonprofit advocating for the public’s interests in financial markets, applauded a new U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case...
Fed finalizes changes to bank stress tests
PROVIDENCE – The Federal Reserve board recently finalized changes to stress tests for the nation’s largest and most complex banks that it said will...
Wall Street watchdog blames ‘algo trading’ for stock market volatility
PROVIDENCE – A Wall Street watchdog group wants to put a stop to so-called “algo trading” that it says is playing havoc with the...
Better Markets pushes SEC to release investor-testing records
PROVIDENCE – A public interest group is calling for the Securities and Exchange Commission to release all records related to investor testing that the...
Watchdog group accuses Goldman Sachs of whitewashing 2008 financial crisis
PROVIDENCE – With this fall marking a decade since the 2008 financial crisis, a Wall Street watchdog group contends that storied New York investment...
Public interest groups get more time to review rewrite of Volcker...
PROVIDENCE – Federal regulators are giving the public an extra month to review and provide input on proposed changes to the so-called “Volcker Rule”...