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Morgan Stanley Paying $13 Million Penalty for Overbilling Clients and Violating Custody Rule
January 13, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has agreed to pay a $13 million penalty[...]
Read ArticleMichael J. Osnato Jr., Chief of Enforcement Division’s Complex Financial Instruments Unit, to Leave SEC
January 12, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Michael J. Osnato Jr., Chief of the Enforcement Division’s Complex Financial Instruments[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Government Contractor With Inadequate Controls and Books and Records Violations
January 11, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that L3 Technologies Inc. (formerly known as L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.), a contractor[...]
Read ArticleSEC: Port Authority Omitted Risks to Investors in Roadway Projects
January 10, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has agreed to[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Two Brokers With Defrauding Customers
January 09, 2017The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two New York-based brokers with fraudulently using an in-and-out trading strategy that was[...]
Read ArticleChinese Traders Charged With Trading on Hacked Nonpublic Information Stolen From Two Law Firms
December 27, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three Chinese traders with fraudulently trading on hacked nonpublic market-moving information stolen from[...]
Read ArticleSEC Names Timothy Husson Associate Director in the Division of Investment Management’s Risk and Examinations Office
December 22, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today named Timothy Husson Associate Director in the Division of Investment Management’s Risk and Examinations[...]
Read ArticleSEC Names Sara P. Crovitz Deputy Chief Counsel in the Division of Investment Management’s Chief Counsel’s Office
December 22, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today named Sara P. Crovitz Deputy Chief Counsel and Associate Director in the Division of[...]
Read ArticleSEC Issues Annual Staff Reports on Credit Rating Agencies
December 21, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued two annual staff reports that demonstrate compliance and competition continue to increase among[...]
Read ArticleG. Jeffrey Boujoukos Named Director of Philadelphia Regional Office
December 21, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that G. Jeffrey Boujoukos has been named Director of its Philadelphia Regional Office,[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Former New York Pension Official and Two Brokers in Pay-to-Play Scheme
December 21, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a former official of the nation’s third largest public pension[...]
Read ArticlePetrochemical Manufacturer Braskem S.A. to Pay $957 Million to Settle FCPA Charges
December 21, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a Brazilian-based petrochemical manufacturer whose stock trades in the U.S. markets has[...]
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