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Chairman Clayton Names Executive Staff

August 31, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that John Cook, Jeffrey Dinwoodie, Raquel Fox, Kristina Littman, Alan Cohen, Christopher Carofine,[...]

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SEC Names Jeffrey Harris as Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis

August 31, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Dr. Jeffrey H. Harris has been named Director of the agency's Division[...]

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SEC Names Dalia Blass as Director of the Division of Investment Management

August 31, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Dalia Blass has been named Director of the agency's Division of Investment[...]

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SEC and NYU to Host Forum on Exchange-Traded Products

August 31, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission and New York University will host a forum in September to examine the fast growing[...]

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REMINDER: Changes To Form ADV Go In Effect October 1st

August 31, 2017

Back in August 25, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted rules to modernize and enhance the disclosure requirements[...]

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Former Pharma Company Accountant, Three Others Charged With Insider Trading

August 31, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged an accountant and three others with insider trading on market-moving news about the[...]

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SEC Monitoring Market Impact of Hurricane Harvey

August 30, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission is closely monitoring the impact of Hurricane Harvey on investors and capital markets. Chairman Jay Clayton[...]

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Fee Rate Advisory #1 for Fiscal Year 2018

August 24, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that in fiscal year 2018 the fees that public companies and other issuers[...]

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Fee Rate Advisory #1 for Fiscal Year 2018

August 24, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that in fiscal year 2018 the fees that public companies and other issuers[...]

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Muni Bond Issuer and Underwriter Charged With Disclosure Failures

August 23, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a municipal financing authority in Beaumont, California, and its then-executive director have[...]

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Muni Bond Issuer and Underwriter Charged With Disclosure Failures

August 23, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a municipal financing authority in Beaumont, California, and its then-executive director have[...]

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SEC Charges Investment Adviser With Defrauding Professional Athlete and His Wife

August 22, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged investment adviser Jeremy Drake with defrauding two clients, a high profile professional athlete[...]

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