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SEC: Alternative Fund Manager Overcharged Fees, Misled Investors

January 19, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a Denver-based alternative fund manager has agreed to settle charges that the[...]

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SEC Awards Whistleblower More Than $700,000 for Detailed Analysis

January 15, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a whistleblower award of more than $700,000 to a company outsider who conducted[...]

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SEC Charges Goldman Sachs With Improper Securities Lending Practices

January 14, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Goldman, Sachs & Co. has agreed to pay $15 million to settle[...]

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SEC Charges State Street for Pay-to-Play Scheme

January 14, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that State Street Bank and Trust Company agreed to pay $12 million to[...]

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SEC Charges 11 Bank Officers and Directors With Fraud

January 13, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against 11 former executives and board members at Superior Bank and[...]

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SEC Adopts Rules Implementing FAST Act Provisions

January 13, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it approved interim final rules implementing two provisions of the Fixing America’s[...]

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Julie M. Riewe, Co-Chief of Asset Management Unit, to Leave SEC After 10 Years of Service

January 11, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Julie M. Riewe, Co-Chief of the Enforcement Division’s Asset Management Unit, is[...]

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SEC Announces 2016 Examination Priorities

January 11, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations’ (OCIE) 2016 priorities.  New areas of[...]

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Steven A. Cohen Barred From Supervisory Hedge Fund Role

January 08, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen will be prohibited from supervising funds[...]

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Fee Rate Advisory #3 for Fiscal Year 2016

January 07, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that starting on Feb. 16, 2016, the fee rates applicable to most securities[...]

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SEC: J.P. Morgan Misled Customers on Broker Compensation

January 06, 2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that J.P. Morgan’s brokerage business agreed to pay $4 million to settle charges[...]

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Traders in China and Hong Kong Paying $920,000 to Settle Insider Trading Case

December 28, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that two traders in China and Hong Kong have agreed to pay more[...]

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