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- Insurers left behind by modernization; Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act's main beneficiaries have been banks, observers say.(Industry Overview)
- Enactment of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act was supposed to pave the way to true financial modernization by allowing banks, insurance companies and producers, and securities firms to enter each other's businesses. But now, a little more than two years Enactment of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act...
- Research articles 2002-01-07
- State bar sues FTC over privacy notices
- Arguing that practicing lawyers should be exempt from issuing recently mandated privacy notices to clients because their Code of Professional Responsibility provides far more protections for consumers of legal services, the New York State Bar Association filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission to stop enforcement of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley ...
- Research articles 2002-05-06
- Riptech Assists Financial Institutions in Bolstering Information Security as Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Compliance Deadline Approaches
- Business Editors/Banking & Hi-Tech Writers
- Research articles 2001-06-28
- Does Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act apply to law firms?
- New York's lawyers disagree with the Federal Trade Commission's position not to create an exemption from the Gramm-Leach-Bliley GLB Act for attorneys. Probably attorneys from other states feel the same, but it is the New York State Bar Association that has taken the definitive step of filing suit against the...
- Research articles 2002-06-27
- A Comparison of the Insurance and Banking Regulatory Frameworks for Identifying and Supervising Companies in Weakened Financial Condition
- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners NAIC and the Federal Reserve System FRS joint Troubled Company Subgroup Subgroup was formed in 2000. The Subgroup's objective was to compare insurance and banking regulatory frameworks for identifying and supervising companies in weakened financial condition, and was one of four joint subgroups established...
- White papers 2005-04-19
- Unraveling GLBA: Compliance Basics for Managers, Officers and Directors of Financial Institutions
- The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act GLBA and its implementing regulations present one such tightly-knit set of legal requirements. Passed by Congress due to growing concerns over identity theft and misuse of consumer financial information, the law requires financial institutions to adopt numerous measures concerning use, disclosure and protection of the nonpublic personal...
- White papers 2005-12-12
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- Closing the Enron Loophole: Feds May Limit Speculative Trading of Oil, and Calm Prices
- The crazy behavior of oil prices in 2008 has been blamed on excessive speculation in the futures markets from pension funds and endowments. In keeping with the new appetite for tighter financial regulation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC is looking into limiting energy futures trading volumes, to bring them...
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- Community Reinvestment Undercut by Senate Panel.(Senate Banking Committee wants to deregulate financial services)(Brief Article)
- The Senate Banking Committee passed and sent to the full Senate a bill to deregulate the nation's financial services industry which would have significant consequences for cities. Of greatest concern to cities are the provisions in the bill, sponsored by Senator Phil Gramm (R-Tex.), which would...
- Research articles 1999-03-22
- Meltdown: What Happened and Where We Go From Here
- Meltdown: What Happened and Where We Go From HereBoth parties are to blameAnd a few homeowners that knew they could not make the payments...At the same time that Phil Gramm was helping the US catch up to European deregulation by allowing all sorts of financial companies to merge, President Clinton...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Executive briefing
- S.900's Future Uncertain Little progress has been made to solve differences in the Senate and House financial reform bills, said Phil Gramm, Senate Banking Chairman on Sept. 9. Gramm said negotiations will go into next year, and that he was prepared to start over in the next Congress if a...
- Research articles 1999-09-18
- Privacy Notification Exemption Passed by House Committee
- On Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2005, in a mark up, the House Financial Services Committee included an exemption from the privacy notification provisions of the Gramm-LeachBliley Act for CPAs in the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2005 (H.R. 3505). This provision, long a priority of the AICPA, arose from a...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Tuesday Outlook: Leaving Las Vegas
- David Fry ETF Digest submits: It may seem odd but lead picture today is of Robert DeNiro in the movie Casino. It follows with my long-term thinking regarding how Wall Street has been organized and operated since the 1990s: a...
- External links 2008-09-16
- Executive briefing
- Banking Overhaul Back On Track The Senate Banking Committee approved financial reform legislation that will eliminate barriers between insurance companies, brokerage firms and commercial banks. The committee voted 16 to 2 in a move that will, among other things, repeal the 65-year-old Glass-Steagall Act and allow American financial services companies...
- Research articles 1998-09-19
- Variable Insurers Face New Privacy Rules.(Brief Article)
- Early last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued proposed privacy rules, as required by the new Gramm-LeachBliley Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999. Proposed Regulation S-P will, when final, impose significant new compliance burdens on variable product issuers and distributors. ...
- Research articles 2000-04-03
- Post-Election Speculation Rife.
- Washington The surprising strength of Democrats in the House and Senate races last Tuesday, especially the loss of Senate Banking Committee Chair Alfonse M. D'Amato, R-N.Y., to Rep. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is causing the industry to evaluate how the vote will affect its...
- Research articles 1998-11-09
- One Issue Stalling Bank Bill.
- Despite broad agreement on financial modernization legislation, the remaining unresolved issue of Community Reinvestment Act requirements could still derail reform in the 106th Congress. The legislation, S. 900, remains under a veto threat at press time as lengthy negotiations between Senate Banking Committee Chairman...
- Research articles 1999-10-25
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