All Securities and Exchange Commission articles – Page 64
-
Blog
SEC Investigative Report: Digital assets are securities
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued an investigative report this week cautioning market participants that offers and sales of digital assets by “virtual” organizations are subject to the requirements of the federal securities laws.
-
Blog
Newmont Mining FCPA case ends in declination
Newmont Mining said in a quarterly filing this week that it will not be facing an enforcement action from the Department of Justice regarding a previously disclosed investigation into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
-
Blog
SEC awards $2.5 million to whistleblower
The Securities and Exchange Commission this week announced an award of nearly $2.5 million to an employee of a domestic government agency whose whistleblower tip helped launch an SEC investigation and whose continued assistance enabled the SEC to address a company's misconduct.
-
Blog
Trump nominates Peirce to SEC, echoing Obama in 2014
President Donald Trump has nominated Hester Peirce to serve on the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of a five-year term. She was initially—and unsuccessfully—nominated by President Obama in 2014.
-
Article
SEC focus on creating IPOs has hurdles to overcome
The SEC, through its new chairman, Jay Clayton, is looking to spark capital formation and new public offerings. Are its incentives enough?
-
Blog
SEC’s Clayton outlines his agenda as chairman
In his first public speech as chairman, Jay Clayton outlined his priorities for the SEC. Among the topics he will focus on, cyber-security, capital formation, and assessing the compliance costs of rulemaking.
-
Article
New leadership, similar enforcement agenda
Amid plenty of public turmoil in the Trump administration’s early days, the enforcement agendas of both the DoJ and the SEC remain fundamentally unchanged.
-
Blog
SEC, CFTC make their pitch for boosted budgets
As new and emerging technology alters the risk landscape, increased budgets for the SEC and CFTC will help them fight fire with fire, agency heads said at a recent budget hearing.
-
ArticleTrump’s regulatory report card thus far: ‘Incomplete’
There is a lot of talk about regulatory retreats under the Trump Administration. Thus far, however, it has taken a more cautious approach than has been expected.
-
Blog
SEC charges Penn West Petroleum with accounting fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Canadian-based oil and gas company and three of its former top finance executives for their roles in an extensive, multi-year accounting fraud.
-
Blog
SEC extends non-public, pre-IPO filings to all companies
The SEC will expand a benefit offered to emerging growth companies and permit all companies to submit draft registration statements relating to initial public offerings for review on a non-public basis.
-
Article
SEC ponders public comments as fiduciary rule takes root with overseers
While the Labor Department and SEC are headed for a showdown over a fiduciary duty rule, another player has entered the mix: the CFP Board.
-
Blog
Frustrated CFTC Commissioner steps down, other agencies staff up
The CFTC is losing a long-time member after Sharon Bowen publicly aired her frustrations. Meanwhile, a familiar face is fueling rumors about President Trump’s next SEC nomination.
-
ArticleThe balancing act of Wall Street and Main Street
While deregulation advocates do battle with investor activists, there may be ideological balance in capital formation ideas.
-
Blog
SEC charges brokerage firm with AML failures
The SEC has charged a Utah-based brokerage because it "routinely and systematically failed to file Suspicious Activity reports for stock transactions that it flagged as suspicious."
-
Blog
SEC names co-directors for Enforcement Division
The SEC has announced that Acting Director of the Division of Enforcement Stephanie Avakian and former federal prosecutor Steven Peikin have been named co-directors of the Enforcement Division.
-
Blog
SEC initiates comment period on fiduciary rule
Critics of the Department of Labor’s controversial “fiduciary rule” say it should instead be promulgated by the SEC. Now, for the first time in years, the Commission has launched a public comment process on the matter.
-
Article
Understanding the inner workings of FCPA enforcement
At Compliance Week 2017, former SEC FCPA Chief Kara Brockmeyer spoke candidly about the future of FCPA enforcement, cooperation credit, third-party risk mitigation, and more.
-
Blog
SEC: Trading scheme involved confidential government information
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced alleged insider-trading charges in a plot that used non-public government information to affect the value of publicly traded medical stocks.
-
Blog
SEC flexes muscles against man who faked Fitbit news
The SEC has announced fraud charges against a Virginia man who profited from a scheme to manipulate the price of Fitbit stock by using a phony regulatory filing.