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SEC Releases Report on 38th Annual Small Business Forum
December 05, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today released a report on the 38th Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation.[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Iconix Brand Group and Former Top Executives With Accounting Fraud
December 05, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged brand-management company Iconix Brand Group Inc. and three of its former top executives with fraud. Iconix[...]
Read ArticleSEC Issues Agenda for Dec. 11 Meeting of Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
December 04, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today released the agenda for a Dec. 11 telephonic meeting of its Small Business Capital[...]
Read ArticleSEC Names Paul Munter as Deputy Chief Accountant
December 03, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointment of Paul Munter as a Deputy Chief Accountant (International) in the agency's[...]
Read ArticleSEC Names John Vanosdall as Deputy Chief Accountant
December 03, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointment of John Vanosdall as a Deputy Chief Accountant (Accounting Group) in the[...]
Read ArticleKristina Littman Named Chief of the Cyber Unit
December 02, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Kristina Littman has been named Chief of the Division of Enforcement’s Cyber[...]
Read ArticleChief Administrative Law Judge Brenda Murray to Retire
November 27, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Chief Administrative Law Judge Brenda Murray is retiring after 50 years of federal[...]
Read ArticleSEC Halts Penny Stock Scheme Targeting Seniors
November 27, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has filed an emergency action and obtained an asset freeze against the[...]
Read ArticleSEC Revokes Registration of Adviser Engaged in $60 Million Fraud
November 26, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today revoked the registration of New York-based investment adviser International Investment Group LLC (IIG), which[...]
Read ArticleSEC Revokes Registration of Adviser Engaged in $60 Million Fraud
November 26, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today revoked the registration of New York-based investment adviser International Investment Group LLC (IIG), which[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Biotech Company and Executives With Accounting Fraud
November 26, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Georgia-based biotech company MiMedx Group Inc. and three former top executives with defrauding[...]
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How Firms Can Work to Protect Senior Investors
November 26, 2019Baby boomers are growing older, and that is transforming our national demographics. By 2035, it is estimated that 78 million senior[...]
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