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SEC Proposes Rules for Resource Extraction Issuers Under Dodd-Frank Act
December 11, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose rules that would require resource extraction issuers to disclose payments made[...]
Read ArticleSEC Proposes New Derivatives Rules for Registered Funds and Business Development Companies
December 11, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose a new rule designed to enhance the regulation of the use[...]
Read ArticleSEC Suspends Public Accountants for Bad Auditing
December 10, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today suspended five accountants and two audit firms from practicing or appearing before the SEC[...]
Read ArticleSEC: Lawyers Offered EB-5 Investments as Unregistered Brokers
December 07, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a series of enforcement actions against lawyers across the country charged with offering[...]
Read ArticleSEC Announces Charges for Spoofing and Order Mismarking
December 03, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against three Chicago-based traders accused of circumventing market structure rules in[...]
Read ArticleSEC: Grant Thornton Ignored Red Flags in Audits
December 02, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that national audit firm Grant Thornton LLP and two of its partners agreed[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Bitcoin Mining Companies
December 01, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two Bitcoin mining companies and their founder with conducting a Ponzi scheme that[...]
Read ArticleSEC, FINRA, MSRB to Hold Compliance Outreach Program for Municipal Advisors
December 01, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) today announced the[...]
Read ArticleSEC Names Katherine Martin as Associate Director in the Office of International Affairs
November 30, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Katherine K. Martin has been named Associate Director in its Office of[...]
Read ArticleStandard Bank to Pay $4.2 Million to Settle SEC Charges
November 30, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Standard Bank Plc with failing to disclose certain payments in connection with debt[...]
Read ArticleFormer Goldman Employee Charged With Insider Trading Before Mergers
November 25, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against a former Goldman Sachs employee accused of stealing nonpublic[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Political Intelligence Firm
November 24, 2015The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a political intelligence firm agreed to admit wrongdoing and pay a $375,000[...]
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