U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

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New questions arise in Pequot trading probe

AP News 6 days ago

New wrinkle in insider-trading probe of Pequot hedge fund raises questions on SEC case A new development related to the government's investigation of possible insider trading at a major hedge fund has raised questions in the case and caught the attention of ...

SEC told to improve ways it chooses probe targets

AP News 7 days ago

SEC watchdog says agency must tighten process for picking which investment advisors to inspect The Securities and Exchange Commission must tighten its process for deciding which investment advisers to inspect if it is to avoid colossal breakdowns like the one that allowed ...

Proxy Contests and Shareholder Slates

BusinessWeek 7 days ago

Earlier this year, Delaware adopted new legislation making it easier for shareholders to put forward nominees for a company's board of directors. The Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] proposed similar changes to the federal proxy rules. Under the SEC proposals, shareholders holding ...

SEC subpoenaed former NM state investment officer

AP News 8 days ago

Federal investigators sought e-mail, other documents about former NM state investment officer The Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed former state Investment Officer Gary Bland to testify as part of an investigation into public investment funds in New Mexico, according to documents released ...

Fla. investment panel raps its executive director

AP News 8 days ago

Fla. investment panel raps its executive director over SEC probe but then rehires him Gov. Charlie Crist and two Cabinet members who sit on a panel that invests state money chastised their top staffer for failing to keep them updated on a ...

SEC says former Tvia execs inflated revenue

AP News 9 days ago

SEC charges former executives at chipmaker Tvia with inflating financial results The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday it has charged former executives at semiconductor company Tvia Inc. with improperly inflating the company's revenue. The SEC said Santa Clara, Calif.-based Tvia's former ...

Holder, Geithner And Donovan Discuss Crackdown On Financial Fraud

Getty Images 9 days ago

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Securities and Exchange Commission Director of Enforcement Ron Khuzami attend a news conference at the Justice Department announcing the formation of a financial fraud task force November 17, 2009 in Washington, DC. The ...

Obama creates task force to fight financial crime

Reuters US Online Report Top News 9 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration created a new task force on Tuesday to crack down on financial fraud, an increasingly important political issue after a spike in mortgage scams and big Wall Street trading scandals. President Barack Obama signed an executive ...

Boots & Coots files $250M shelf registration

AP News 9 days ago

Boots & Coots files $250M shelf registration with SEC but no current plans to sell shares Boots & Coots Inc., an oil and gas exploration company, said Tuesday it has filed a universal shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Congressmen oppose making Fed super-regulator

Reuters US Online Report Business News 9 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress ought to clarify if a proposed super-regulator of the U.S. financial system should be an overlapping overseer of securities and futures exchanges, the chief futures regulator said on Tuesday. Chairman Gary Gensler of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ...

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