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SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMM (SEC)

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the U.S. government which holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other electronic securities markets. The SEC was established in 1934 as a non-partisan regulatory agency during the Great Depression. This topic covers the latest news on the SEC and its current regulations.

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CFO of Boston Provident Charged with Securities Fraudmore

The SEC charged Ezra Levy, former CFO of hedge fund manager Boston Provident LP, with securities fraud.

Value Line's $24 million Fraud Scheme ends after almost 20 yearsmore

Last week the SEC charged Value Line Inc., an affiliated broker-dealer Value Line Securities (VLS), and two of Value...

What the SEC Should Learn from Raj Rajaratnam and the Galleon Groupmore

The government's case against Raj Rajaratnam, founder of hedge fund Galleon Group, on the charge of insider trading,...

SEC Makes MASSIVE Friday-Afternoon News Dump Of Madoff Documentsmore

You like transparency? Here you go. The SEC just made a MASSIVE document dump related to its failure to catch Madoff.

Commission Impossiblemore

Posted By Norb Vonnegut on November 2, 2009 Madoff and Galleon—the two scandals are unrelated. But together, they raise...

The Truth in Lessig's Critique of Transparencymore

Lawrence Lessig's recent thought-provoking article in the New Republic, "Against Transparency: The perils of...

A Thin Line Separates Insider Trading and Legal Researchmore

The most precious commodity on Wall Street is information, and savvy players will do almost anything for it ...

Open Question: When will 2009 stimulus checks go out to people...more

...people receiving Social Security, SSI and other ... that was approved, that the soc sec admin will

HomePals not so friendly to investorsmore

The SEC has charged Ronnie Eugene Bass, Jr., Abner Alabre, and Brian J. Taglieri with fraud for operating a Ponzi...

S.E.C. Watchdog Calls for Overhaul of Enforcementmore

Securities and Exchange Commission’s independent watchdog called for a sweeping overhaul of the agency’s investigation...

Financial Closing Time – Make it Fastermore

I’m writing this blog six days after the close of the month and for most companies, the quarter. Our benchmark research...

Shareholders Must Put an End to Decoupled Pay-for-Performancemore

Over the past 2 weeks, I've criticized Yahoo!'s (YHOO) Carol Bartz and HP's (HPQ) Mark Hurd for excessive pay and...

CEOs, Boards and Management: Welcome to Club Cronymore

In response to my recent criticisms of Carol Bartz, her management team, and board at Yahoo! (YHOO), I've had some...

SEC Seeks to Ban Flash Tradingmore

September 18, 2009 SEC Seeks to Ban Flash Trading. The Securities and Trading Commission of United States proposed a...

Madoff on how to outsmart the SECmore

The Securities and Exchange Commission is facing yet another red face moment over the Bernard Madoff case.

Harvey Pitt recalls 9/11: Decade of The Deal more

Then-SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt, now CEO of Washington-based business consulting firm Kalorama Partners, was in his...

Hedge Funds use Technology to alleviate burdens of Transparencymore

In the face of the Hedge Fund Transparency Act, and the increasing demands from investors and prospects to disclose...

Madoff: Can't Believe Fraud Lasted So Longmore

Bernard Madoff, the financier convicted for Wall Street's biggest investment fraud, was surprised his $65 billion Ponzi...

SEC's Long-Awaited Proxy Changes Make Much Sense Despite Protestsmore

After the meltdown of firms like Lehman Brothers, Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC), Fannie Mae (FNM), Freddie Mac...

SEC Confesses, Blew Years of Chances to Nab Madoffmore

The Securities & Exchange Commission had several chances to uncover Bernard Madoff's huge Ponzi scheme dating back...

The inefficiency of the IRS taking on hedgiesmore

The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday reported that hedge funds are the Internal Revenue Service's next target in the...

The SEC Can't Keep Up With High-Tech Tradingmore

There's pretty much no way we can ever expect the Securities and Exchange Commission to be competent at regulating high...

Got Shorty? | Blog - Daily Options Reportmore

So who was Chasing Benjamin in yesterday's excitement? Seems like the gang that was short and losing their Benjamin's.

Insider Trading Inquiry Cites Lawyers at S.E.C.more

WASHINGTON — Two enforcement lawyers at the Securities and Exchange Commission are under investigation for possible...

SEC Chairwoman Mary Shapiro's speech to the Spciety of American Busine...more

The SEC's new chief says moves are afoot to empower shareholders

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