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SEC Announces Measures to Facilitate Cross-Border Implementation of the European Union’s MiFID II’s Research Provisions

October 26, 2017

Today, following consultation with European authorities, and in response to concerns that investors could lose access to valuable research, the[...]

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Former Private Equity Firm Partner Charged With Secretly Billing Clients for His Vacations and Salon Visits

October 25, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Mohammed Ali Rashid, a former senior partner at Apollo Management L.P., with defrauding[...]

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SEC Names Brett Redfearn as Director of the Division of Trading and Markets

October 18, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Brett Redfearn has been named Director of the agency's Division of Trading[...]

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SEC Names Brett Redfearn as Director of the Division of Trading and Markets

October 18, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Brett Redfearn has been named Director of the agency's Division of Trading[...]

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SEC Announces 2017 Government-Business Forum to Be Held at University of Texas at Austin

October 18, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it is partnering with the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Renewal[...]

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SEC Announces 2017 Government-Business Forum to Be Held at University of Texas at Austin

October 18, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it is partnering with the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Renewal[...]

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Rio Tinto, Former Top Executives Charged With Fraud

October 17, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged mining company Rio Tinto and two former top executives with fraud for inflating[...]

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Rio Tinto, Former Top Executives Charged With Fraud

October 17, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged mining company Rio Tinto and two former top executives with fraud for inflating[...]

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SEC Announces Whistleblower Award of More Than a Million Dollars

October 12, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a whistleblower has earned an award of more than $1 million for[...]

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SEC Announces Whistleblower Award of More Than a Million Dollars

October 12, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a whistleblower has earned an award of more than $1 million for[...]

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SEC Announces Whistleblower Award of More Than a Million Dollars

October 12, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a whistleblower has earned an award of more than $1 million for[...]

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Lawyers Charged With Assisting a Microcap Fraud Scheme

October 11, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two lawyers it alleges helped facilitate a microcap fraud scheme involving undisclosed “blank[...]

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