All Securities and Exchange Commission articles – Page 25
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ArticleLoop Capital fined $100K over municipal adviser registration violations
The Securities and Exchange Commission for the first time punished a broker-dealer—Chicago-based Loop Capital Markets—for providing advice to a municipal entity without registering with the agency as a municipal adviser.
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ArticleBNY Mellon, 2 others settle with SEC in landmark municipal bonds cases
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged four underwriters with failing to satisfy exemption requirements related to limited offerings of municipal bonds—the first time the agency has taken such an action.
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ArticleVMware to pay $8M to settle SEC charges over misleading financials
Cloud services provider VMware will pay $8 million to settle allegations from the Securities and Exchange Commission it misled investors by hiding its lagging financial performance.
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Court orders $2M from Ambassador Advisors and execs, including CCO
Ambassador Advisors and three of its executives, including its chief compliance officer, must pay a total of more than $2 million for failing to disclose conflicts of interest related to fees received from mutual fund share classes selected for clients.
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ArticleNine fined in SEC crackdown on custody rule, Form ADV
Nine investment advisers failed to follow Securities and Exchange Commission rules designed to keep clients’ assets safe and/or timely disclose financial updates following audits, the agency announced.
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Perceptive Advisors fined $1.5M for SPACs conflicts, disclosure violations
Perceptive Advisors agreed to pay $1.5 million for allegedly steering clients toward special purpose acquisition companies its investment advisers had financial interests in and failing to disclose those conflicts in a timely fashion.
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Aventura Capital to pay nearly $1M over conflict disclosure lapses
Florida-based investment firm Aventura Capital Management agreed to return more than $700,000 to harmed investors and pay a $225,000 fine for failing to disclose conflicts of interest regarding its mutual fund share class selection process.
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ArticleSEC warns auditors of risks in taking on Chinese clients
U.S.-based audit firms seeking new public company clients in China should ensure they have full access to previous audits and work papers before taking the job or risk potential enforcement, the acting chief accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission warned.
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CHS avoids fine in SEC accounting fraud case
Minnesota-based agricultural cooperative CHS settled charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the company violated federal securities laws when it filed materially false financial statements with the agency over five years.
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ArticleSEC fines ex-PPG controller $100K over accounting improprieties
The Securities and Exchange Commission ordered Mark Kelly, the former principal accounting officer and controller at PPG, to pay $100,000 for accounting improprieties aimed at inflating the painting supply company’s earnings per share.
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ArticleSEC reverses Clayton-era whistleblower rule changes
The Securities and Exchange Commission amended its rules to provide further incentives to whistleblowers, particularly in cases involving large payouts or multiple federal agencies.
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ArticleTaronis Fuels to pay $5.1M in SEC fraud settlement
Industrial gas and water products manufacturer Taronis Fuels agreed to pay $5.1 million to settle fraud charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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ArticleGranite Construction fined $12M over exec accounting fraud scheme
California-based civil engineering and infrastructure firm Granite Construction agreed to pay $12 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges alleging fraud related to inflation of the company’s financial performance.
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ArticleSEC censures Farber Hass Hurley over accounting exam deficiencies
California-based accounting firm Farber Hass Hurley and two of its partners settled charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging “repeated failures” in conducting custody examinations for two SEC-registered investment advisers.
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Too little, too late? SEC adopts long-dormant pay vs. performance rule
After years of sitting on the shelf, the pay vs. performance rule mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Article‘A step in the process’: PCAOB, China agree on U.S. audit access
U.S. audit regulators are set to end yearslong inspection barriers to the work of public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong after the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board reached agreement with Chinese regulators on a new access framework.
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ArticleBig bank messaging app crackdown exposes policy holes, monitoring struggles
U.S. regulators have signaled through an impending widespread enforcement sweep they are zeroing in on banker use of messaging apps to discuss business matters. The cases emphasize the need for financial services firms to enhance their monitoring and recordkeeping.
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ArticlePCAOB forecasts stricter oversight in five-year strategy
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued its draft five-year strategic plan for public comment. Areas of focus include enhancing audit inspections, strengthening enforcement, and more.
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ArticleEagleBank fined $23M over improper lending, disclosure practices
EagleBank agreed to pay nearly $23 million in penalties for improperly loaning approximately $90 million to family trusts controlled by its former CEO over three years, then misleading investors about the loans.
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ArticleCybersecurity, beneficial ownership lessons found in SEC fraud case
Charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding an international scheme in which hackers accessed online brokerage accounts to manipulate stock prices impart cybersecurity and beneficial ownership lessons for compliance professionals.