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SEC and Morehouse College Announce Atlanta Event for Minority Entrepreneurs
October 17, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission and Morehouse College will co-host a panel discussion on strategies to attract investment capital to minority[...]
Read ArticleSEC Issues Statement on Market Structure Innovation for Thinly Traded Securities
October 17, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a statement that invites exchanges and other market participants to submit innovative proposals[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges 18 Traders in $31 Million Stock Manipulation Scheme
October 16, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency action and obtained an asset freeze against 18 traders in a scheme[...]
Read ArticleSEC Promotes Teacher Investment Outreach
October 15, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced several teacher investment outreach efforts in connection with its Teachers Initiative. These initiatives include[...]
Read ArticleSupervisor Charged for Role in Brokerage Firm’s Improper Handling of ADRs
October 15, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Domenick Migliorato, a former supervisor of the securities lending desk at Industrial[...]
Read ArticleSEC Adopts New Rules and Amendments under Title VII of Dodd-Frank
September 19, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it took a significant step toward establishing the regulatory regime for security-based[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges ICO Incubator and Founder for Unregistered Offering and Unregistered Broker Activity
September 18, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today sued ICOBox and its founder Nikolay Evdokimov for conducting an illegal $14 million securities[...]
Read ArticleSEC Halts Alleged $125 Million Offering Fraud
September 18, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has filed an emergency action and obtained a temporary restraining order and[...]
Read ArticleSEC Proposes Rules to Update Statistical Disclosures for Banking Registrants
September 17, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has proposed rules to update the statistical disclosures that bank and[...]
Read ArticleRaymond James Agrees to Pay $15 Million for Improperly Charging Retail Investors
September 17, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today instituted a settled order against three Raymond James entities for improperly charging advisory fees[...]
Read ArticleTwo Broker-Dealers to Pay $4.65 Million in Penalties for Providing Deficient Blue Sheet Data
September 16, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. has agreed to pay $2.7 million and BMO[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Prudential Subsidiaries For Misleading Funds They Advised, Generating Tens of Millions in Tax Benefits for Prudential
September 16, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two subsidiaries of Prudential Financial Inc. with failing to disclose conflicts of interest[...]
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