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SEC Charges UBS Subsidiary With Disclosure Violations and Other Regulatory Failures in Operating Dark Pool

January 15, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a subsidiary of UBS with disclosure failures and other securities law violations related[...]

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SEC Adopts Rules to Increase Transparency in Security-Based Swap Market

January 14, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted two new sets of rules that will require security-based swap data repositories (SDRs)[...]

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SEC Announces Members of New Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee

January 13, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the members of a new Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee, which will focus[...]

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SEC Charges Canadian Man With Conducting Fraudulent Trading Scheme

January 13, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a man living in Ontario, Canada, with orchestrating a lucrative market manipulation scheme[...]

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SEC Announces 2015 Examination Priorities

January 13, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations’ (OCIE) priorities for 2015 which focus[...]

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SEC Charges Direct Edge Exchanges With Failing to Properly Describe Order Types

January 12, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that two exchanges formerly owned by Direct Edge Holdings and since acquired by[...]

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SEC Names Walter Jospin as Regional Director of Atlanta Office

January 08, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today named Walter E. Jospin as Regional Director of its Atlanta office, where he will[...]

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SEC Announces Program to Facilitate Analysis of Corporate Financial Data

December 30, 2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the launch of a pilot program to facilitate investor analysis and comparisons of[...]

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SEC Announces Charges Against N.Y.-Based Firm and Three Executives Accused of Siphoning Investor Money

December 29, 2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against three fund managers and their New York-based firm accused of secretly[...]

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SEC Issues Annual Staff Reports on Credit Rating Agencies

December 23, 2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued its annual staff report on the findings of examinations of credit rating agencies[...]

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SEC Charges California-Based Stock Promoter With Defrauding Investors Seeking Pre-IPO Facebook and Twitter Shares

December 23, 2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a stock promoter based in Santa Barbara, Calif., with fraudulently raising nearly $3.5[...]

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SEC Charges Two Traders in Chile With Insider Trading

December 22, 2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two business associates in Chile with insider trading on nonpublic information that one[...]

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