The SEC charged two brokers with fraud for allegedly recommending unsuitable, high-cost trading strategies to customers in order to generate significant commission fees.
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The Federal Trade Commission filed an administrative complaint charging that a proposed merger of two significant titanium dioxide suppliers violates antitrust laws.
The National Futures Association will increase the assessment fee for futures and options contracts from $0.01 per side to $0.02 per side, effective on January 1, 2018.
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted to advance a bill intended to "modernize regulations in a way that makes sense for small financial institutions, benefitting consumers and encouraging economic growth."
U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker described initiatives to strengthen the financial crimes enforcement framework and to bolster anti-money laundering efforts.