©2015 Bloomberg News NV4PIR6KLVRQ (Bloomberg) — Gaeton Della Penna met many of his clients through his church. The Sarasota, Florida, financial adviser took their $3.8 million and promised safe investments with returns of at least 5 percent a year. Instead, in May 2014, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged him with using some of the money on

©2015 Bloomberg View NQ49DH6KLVR5 (Bloomberg View) — Sometimes the gains from a new regulatory regime are obvious. The creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is a perfect example. Your bank deposits are guaranteed by the government up to some stated amount, no matter the recklessness or irresponsibility of the

©2015 Bloomberg News NNYA936K50YF (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a two-year program designed to test ways to boost investors’ interest in smaller stocks. The trading experiment, championed by small-business advocates and opposed by big investors such as Fidelity Investments and D.E. Shaw & Co., will widen the