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SEC Charges Investment Adviser With Defrauding Professional Athlete and His Wife
August 22, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged investment adviser Jeremy Drake with defrauding two clients, a high profile professional athlete[...]
Read ArticleHedge Fund Adviser Charged for Inadequate Controls to Prevent Insider Trading
August 21, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that hedge fund advisory firm Deerfield Management Company L.P. has agreed to pay[...]
Read ArticleCommission and Commission Staff Issue Updates to Interpretive Guidance on Revenue Recognition
August 18, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued two releases and the SEC staff released a Staff Accounting Bulletin to update[...]
Read ArticleBanca IMI Securities to Pay $35 Million for Improper Handling of ADRs in Continuing SEC Crackdown
August 18, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that broker Banca IMI Securities Corp. (BISC), an indirect, wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of[...]
Read ArticleSEC Uncovers Wide-Reaching Insider Trading Scheme
August 16, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against seven individuals who generated millions in profits by trading[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges KPMG with Audit Failures
August 15, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that KPMG has agreed to pay more than $6.2 million to settle charges[...]
Read ArticleSEC Files Charges in Oil Drilling Investment Scheme
August 11, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two Tennessee men and an accomplice in Fort Lauderdale with allegedly defrauding investors[...]
Read ArticleSEC Staff Publishes Report on Access to Capital and Market Liquidity
August 08, 2017The SEC Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) today published a report describing trends in primary securities issuance and[...]
Read ArticleInvestment Management Director David W. Grim to Leave SEC
August 03, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that David W. Grim, Director of the Division of Investment Management, will leave[...]
Read ArticleDonna Esau Named Associate Regional Director for Examinations in Atlanta Regional Office
August 02, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the promotion of Donna Esau to Associate Regional Director for Examinations in the[...]
Read ArticleOverseas Stock Manipulator Settles SEC Charges
August 02, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that an overseas stock manipulator has agreed to pay nearly $800,000 and be[...]
Read ArticleSEC Files Charges to Stop Fraudulent Misuse of Cancer-Fighting Investments to Fund Restaurant Businesses
July 31, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges to stop an alleged ongoing fraud by a Massachusetts businessman misusing investments[...]
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