Finance

As the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has worked to write and implement the myriad of rules called for by the Dodd-Frank Act, Commissioner Scott...

Richard Ketchum has been the chairman and chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority since 2009. In this exclusive interview, Mr. Ketchum shares...

Today’s world is full of risks that confront leaders from all angles. Natural disasters, political change, cyberthreats and the financial downturn are only a...

Basel III and reform of the over-the-counter derivatives market continue to be hot topics in the financial-services industry. At this week’s Sibos 2011 conference,...

With an eye on what lies ahead for the industry, SmartBrief editor Sean McMahon conducted an e-mail interview with International Association of Credit Portfolio...

Facebook’s recent public offering represented much more than just another hot technology IPO. The event was an important moment in a long list of...

A pair of U.S. senators likely to play a key role in the drama surrounding the fiscal cliff paid a visit to Wall Street...

CBOE Holdings Chairman and CEO William Brodsky says increased certainty about the Dodd-Frank Act should allow regulators to sharpen their focus in the near...

SAP announced this week that it would be partnering with Esri, a leading geographic information system (GIS) and location analytics provider, to help customers...

A collection of stories from SmartBrief publications and around the web… The Economist goes covert (sort of) to get a look at what Goldman...

Tom Ridge might not be running the show at the Department of Homeland Security, but that doesn’t mean the former secretary isn’t up to...

Highlights from Day One of the 39th Annual International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Fla. Wetjen says CFTC’s spending priorities include spot-checking work...

A collection of sage investment executives gathered at the Milken Institute Global Conference this week to discuss the state of financial markets. Here is...

Executives from PIMCO, TIAA-CREF and Neuberger Berman discussed the changing forces of regulatory policy on the asset management industry at the 2014 SIFMA Annual...

CME Group CEO Craig Donohue was in Boca Raton, Fla., this week for the 36th Annual International Futures Industry Conference. SmartBrief Finance Editor Sean...

Financial leaders see a tough road ahead for business over the next year, according to the SmartBrief/Ipsos Leadership Index. An exclusive survey of 841...

Embarrassing photos were posted on your organization’s Facebook page. Your agency’s Twitter page featured a rant humiliating the head of your department. How did...

Nick Brewer manages 29 products for SunGard. As vice president of global banking solutions for the firm’s banking business, Brewer has his finger on...

A collection of opinion and analysis pieces from the past week … The Wall Street Journal weighs in — with a full dose of...

Traditionally, infrastructure projects — road and bridge repair, public-transit expansion and port development — are funded by federal, state and local grants or loans,...

The majority of investment professionals think the presidential election will affect both the U.S. and global economic recovery, the CFA Institute reported in a...

Traders may find it slightly disconcerting to learn what is going on inside their bodies when volatility rises and falls, says John Coates, senior...

A collection of stories from SmartBrief publications and around the web… Among the bevy of regularly released U.S. statistics available to economists for forecasting...

A collection of stories from SmartBrief publications and around the web… Stats guru Nate Silver takes to Grantland (wait … a sports site?) to...

A collection of stories from SmartBrief publications and around the web… Buffett’s special investing sauce revealed: This paper from Yale University dissects the winning...

The next-generation trading platform from Chicago-based Trading Technologies International Inc. will leverage both co-located servers and the cloud to provide unprecedented computing power and...

Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s book Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises hits bookstores on Monday. Ahead of the release, Geithner sat down for...

Terrance A. Duffy Terry Duffy is the Executive Chairman and President of CME Group, which is hosting its annual Global Financial Leadership Conference next...