Wall Street's private regulators say to merge
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Wall Street's two main private regulatory arms said on Tuesday they have agreed to merge in a widely anticipated move aimed at reducing industry costs and streamlining oversight functions.
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NASD and NYSE Group Inc.  agreed to merge their self-regulatory operations into a single watchdog to oversee all securities firms doing business with the public in the United States, the two groups said on Tuesday.
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The proposed merger could result in significant cost savings to Wall StreetÂs largest firms.
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The New York Stock Exchange and the Tokyo Stock Exchange announced a partnership yesterday to work together on developing trading technology and financial products in what could be the first step toward a merger of the world's two biggest equities markets.
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When Wall Street&#39;s biggest firms settled with regulators in April 2003 over charges of fraudulent stock research, the industry promised a new era of independence.
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The exchanges said they are in preliminary talks on a merger that could create one of the biggest marketplaces for derivatives in the world.
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The ruling could force Wall Street firms to step up oversight of some of their most lucrative clients.
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Judging from the recent headlines, it would be easy to think that Wall Street&#8217;s private-equity machine shut down for the entire month of August. That would be an exaggeration &#8212; though not by much. Data from Thomson Financial show that the combined value of private-equity-related mergers and acquisitions of United States companies came to just $4.2 [...].
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U.S. stock markets would have to disclose executive pay and provide details of their regulatory programs, under new rules proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.
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Securities regulators are reviewing whether investment banks' trades in shares of companies linked to M&A deals they were advising were based on coincidence or inside information, according to The Wall Street Journal on Monday.
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Deutsche Bank (DB:NYSE - news - research) and Thomas Weisel Partners, two holdouts from last year&#39;s so-called global settlement involving tainted Wall Street research, have finally reached their own deals with regulators.
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The two largest U.S. stock exchanges  are likely to benefit from a decision by U.S. regulators to  delay sweeping changes that could shake up how stocks are  traded, analysts said on Friday.
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A deeply divided Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to approve rules requiring all but the smallest hedge funds.
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The nation&#39;s stock exchanges would be forced to tighten their governance and move toward separating their self-policing function from their business operations under a plan proposed by federal regulators yesterday.
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Consolidation in the security sector continued last week as three firms planned a merger to form a new security giant offering global services.
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Federal regulators proposed a plan on Tuesday to strengthen governance at stock exchanges and move them toward separating their self-policing functions from business operations to ensure that they serve investors&#39; interests.
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Who to blame? Wall Street's giants brought it on themselves. And there's the regulators.