The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued a joint request for public comment on potential opportunities to further update, clarify, and harmonize certain derivatives product definitions and interpretive issues. The request for comment is intended to support the Commissions’ ongoing evaluation of whether current regulatory definitions, interpretations, and jurisdictional…

New research finds major purchases such as buying property, job hunting, and tax time are emerging as prime targets for fraudsters, with younger Australians facing the highest risk despite their digital confidence. Australians are increasingly falling victim to scams during major life events such as buying property, searching for work, and lodging tax returns, according…

It’s All Debt to Me, by Professor Kate Elengold, is a newly available article sure to be of interest to many Credit Slips readers. Check out the abstract and read the paper by clicking on this link, but in the meantime, an observation from the article’s conclusion, coupled with the article’s graphic of a set…