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Two Firms Charged With Compliance Failures in Wrap Fee Programs
September 08, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that two investment advisory firms are settling charges related to compliance failures within[...]
Read ArticleExecutives Charged With Inflating Performance of Real Estate Investment Trust
September 08, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two former accounting executives with overstating the financial performance of a large publicly-traded[...]
Read ArticleSEC Names Sarah G. ten Siethoff Deputy Associate Director in the Division of Investment Management’s Rulemaking Office
September 07, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Sarah G. ten Siethoff has been named Deputy Associate Director in the[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges CEO and Paid Promoter With Fraudulently Promoting Stock of Las Vegas Health Products Company
September 06, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the CEO of a sexual health products retailer and a paid promoter with[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Alabama Attorney and His Companies in Purported Waste-To-Energy Ventures
September 01, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Alabama attorney Donald Watkins and companies he controls with defrauding professional athletes and[...]
Read ArticleSEC Proposes Amendments to Require Hyperlinks to Exhibits in Filings
August 31, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed rule and form amendments that would require registrants to include a hyperlink to[...]
Read ArticleFee Rate Advisory #1 for Fiscal Year 2017
August 31, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that in fiscal year 2017 the fees that public companies and other issuers[...]
Read ArticleRBC to Pay $2.5 Million for Proxy Statement Disclosure Violations
August 31, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that RBC Capital Markets LLC has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement for[...]
Read ArticleSEC Whistleblower Program Surpasses $100 Million in Awards
August 30, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission’s awards to whistleblowers have surpassed the $100 million mark with the program’s second-largest award of[...]
Read Article$22 Million Whistleblower Award for Company Insider Who Helped Uncover Fraud
August 30, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the award of more than $22 million to a whistleblower whose detailed tip[...]
Read ArticleSEC Adopts Amendments Providing Authorities Access to Data Obtained by Security-Based Swap Data Repositories
August 29, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted amendments to a rule that would require security-based swap data repositories to make[...]
Read ArticleSEC: Purported Green Technology Company Defrauding Investors
August 26, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a California-based company and two executives with using baseless financial projections and other[...]
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