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SEC chief defends budget request to skeptical lawmakers
By Melanie WaddellSEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White told a House panel on Tuesday that the agencys $1.67 billion budget request for 2014 would help the agency fulfill one of its top priorities: adding 250 examiners for advisors.
May 06, 2013
SEC: Oil and Gas Private Securities Fraud on the RiseThe SEC is warning investors that working with an advisor doesnt guarantee they wont be scammed in private oil and gas offerings.
May 03, 2013
SEC’s White: Money-Market Fund Reforms Coming in ‘Near Future’But SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White remained tight-lipped on the specifics of those changes.
April 30, 2013
Mary Jo White: The 2013 IA 25 Extended ProfileAll eyes will be on new SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White as she takes the helm and decides which rulemakings to tackle first.
April 30, 2013
SEC Slams Level Global With $21.5M Insider Trading FineThe hedge fund advisory firm Level Global Investors has agreed to pay more than $21.5 million to settle charges that its co-founder and analyst engaged in repeated insider trading of Dell and Nvidia stock.
April 29, 2013
Without Fiduciary Rule Collaboration, Cost-Benefit Analysis ‘Worthless’Comments have been flooding into the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the agencys March 1 request for input on the costs and benefits of putting brokers under a fiduciary mandate.
April 26, 2013
SEC fiduciary questionnaire is fatally flawedIf industry lobbyists fighting the fiduciary standard had written this SEC release, it wouldnt have looked much different.
April 26, 2013
SEC fiduciary questionnaire is fatally flawedIf industry lobbyists fighting the fiduciary standard had written this SEC release, it wouldnt have looked much different.