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Get the latest news and insights on the Securities and Exchange Commission's' financial regulations (such as Regulation Best Interest), enforcement actions and related activities.
Panel Reviews SEC Budget
By Allison BellHouse members gave Mary Schapiro, the new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, a warm welcome today at a hearing on the agency's budget.
March 01, 2009
The Playing Field: Reform Is on the WayAs new Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was preparing to announce a four-pronged revamp of the bank bailout package--which would include a "bad bank" that allows...
March 01, 2009
News: SEC's Top CopLinda Chatman Thomsen, the director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, said February 9 that she would leave the Commission and return to the private...
March 01, 2009
ICI Shares Fund-Industry Wish ListThe head of the fund-industry's advocacy group has outlined the regulatory reforms that most need Washington's attention. Here's the list, compiled by Paul Schott Stevens...
February 18, 2009
Chamber of Commerce Says SEC Revamps Will Create More Efficient MarketsReport notes need for expedited exemptive orders; cites management and organizational shortcomings
February 12, 2009
SEC requires new reporting languageThe Securities and Exchange Commission is requiring 500 companies, both in the United States and elsewhere, to file financial statements in a new interactive format...
February 10, 2009
SEC To Require XBRL ReportsThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has gone ahead with plans to make public companies submit financial data in a standard interactive data format.
February 10, 2009
SEC To Require XBRL ReportsThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has gone ahead with plans to make public companies submit financial data in a standard interactive data format.