Federal Regulation
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February 17, 2006
FASB Complains About Hunger For Safe HarborsMembers of the Financial Accounting Standards Board say they wish accountants had the confidence to use sound professional judgment when creating corporate financial reports.FASB members ...
February 14, 2006
SEI Executive Moves To HartfordA large insurer has a new compliance chief.Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Simsbury, Conn., has hired Thomas Jones III to be vice president of securities ...
February 14, 2006
SEI Executive Moves To HartfordA large insurer has a new compliance chief.Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Simsbury, Conn., has hired Thomas Jones III to be vice president of securities ...
February 08, 2006
Feds Ponder Spousal Right To Charitable Trust AssetsThe Internal Revenue Service says it needs more time to make a final decision about a conflict between state laws and the federal rules governing ...
February 08, 2006
Feds Ponder Spousal Right To Charitable Trust AssetsThe Internal Revenue Service says it needs more time to make a final decision about a conflict between state laws and the federal rules governing ...
February 07, 2006
Feds Ponder Spousal Right To Charitable Trust AssetsThe Internal Revenue Service says it needs more time to make a final decision about a conflict between state laws and the federal rules governing ...
February 06, 2006
Feds Ponder Spousal Right To Charitable Trust AssetsThe Internal Revenue Service says it needs more time to make a final decision about a conflict between state laws and the federal rules governing ...
February 06, 2006
Compliance Costs RisingGREENWICH, Conn. (HedgeWorld.com)--Now that the registration deadline has passed, the real test begins for hedge fund managers, who must comply with the new regulation regime of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Greenwich Associates interviewed 34 hedge fund managers in the U.S. and Europe late last year through early January. They...
February 05, 2006
Agent Groups Tell IRS That Section 409A Needs AddressingRepresentatives of life insurance agent groups are telling the Internal Revenue Service that it must further revise Section 409A, which deals with deferred compensation rules, ...
February 05, 2006
IRS Ruling On Trusts And Stretch IRA TreatmentIn a first-of-its-kind private ruling, the Internal Revenue Service permitted an IRA owner to benefit multiple trust beneficiaries of his IRA while retaining the ability ...