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Chyhe Becker Named Acting Chief Economist and Acting Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis
May 31, 2018The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Dr. Chyhe Kim Becker has been named as the Acting Chief Economist[...]
Read ArticleSEC Names Julie A. Erhardt Acting Chief Risk Officer
May 31, 2018The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Julie A. Erhardt has been named the Commission’s Acting Chief Risk Officer,[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Investment Banker in Insider Trading Scheme
May 31, 2018The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged an employee of a prominent investment bank with repeatedly using his access to[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Long Island Investment Professional in $8 Million Scam Targeting Long-Standing Brokerage Customers
May 30, 2018The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former registered representative with defrauding long-standing brokerage customers in an $8 million[...]
Read ArticleSEC Announces Agenda for June 14 Investor Advisory Committee Meeting in Atlanta
May 30, 2018The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the SEC Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) will hold its first-ever meeting outside[...]
Read ArticleSEC Charges Long Island Investment Professional in $8 Million Scam Targeting Long-Standing Brokerage Customers
May 30, 2018The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former registered representative with defrauding long-standing brokerage customers in an $8 million[...]
Read ArticleSEC Announces Agenda for June 14 Investor Advisory Committee Meeting in Atlanta
May 30, 2018The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the SEC Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) will hold its first-ever meeting outside[...]
Read ArticleSEC Obtains Emergency Order Halting Fraudulent Coin Offering Scheme
May 29, 2018The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it has obtained a court order halting an ongoing fraud involving an initial[...]
Read ArticleJeffrey Harris, Chief Economist and Director of the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, to Leave the Agency
May 29, 2018The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Dr. Jeffrey H. Harris, the Chief Economist and Director of the Division[...]
Read ArticleSEC Obtains Emergency Order Halting Fraudulent Coin Offering Scheme
May 29, 2018The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it has obtained a court order halting an ongoing fraud involving an initial[...]
Read ArticleJeffrey Harris, Chief Economist and Director of the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, to Leave the Agency
May 29, 2018The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Dr. Jeffrey H. Harris, the Chief Economist and Director of the Division[...]
Read ArticleSEC Proposes FAIR Act Rules to Promote Research Reports on Investment Funds
May 23, 2018The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed rules and amendments that would promote research on mutual funds, exchange‑traded funds, registered[...]
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