The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made moves to impose stricter controls on retail brokerages such as Robinhood Markets Inc., in an effort to safeguard customers from the dangers posed by the application of advanced analytics. The regulators are concerned these firms could exploit ...Read More

Senators Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] and Josh Hawley [R-MO] are endorsing the “Ban Stock Trading for Government Officials Act,” a recently proposed bill aimed at prohibiting stock trading by members of Congress, the president, vice president, senior executive branch officials, and their relatives. The proposed legislation ...Read More

At least three lawmakers traded bank stocks last month as the federal government grappled with a banking crisis, according to financial disclosures analyzed by The Wall Street Journal. The disclosures raise the question of whether lawmakers received inside information relating to the collapse of Silicon ...Read More

The New York Stock Exchange teamed up with retail broker Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW.N) and market maker Citadel Securities on Monday to ask the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to withdraw two recently proposed rules aimed at revamping how stocks trade. The move represents a coordinated ...Read More