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Registered Rep.
January 9, 2007
John Churchill |
To Hedge Gets Harder The SEC proposed a rule in December that would raise the net worth requirements of investors in hedge funds to $2.5 million from $1 million, not including the value of one's home.   |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Chairmen of Yore Speak Six former SEC chairmen pointed to quite a few regulatory challenges that loom large -- namely globalization of the world markets, the burgeoning market for complex synthetic securities, and the continued growth of hedge funds. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2006
Barry Rehfeld |
Another Tough Top Cop? When President Bush tapped Christopher Cox to replace William Donaldson, it looked like Bush was swapping an aggressive reformer for a kinder, gentler regulator. Yet since he took over as SEC chairman, Cox has shown that he is not the anti-Donaldson. |
CFO
June 1, 2009
Reason & Stuart |
Crackdown Alert After a GAO report documents a slowdown in the SEC's case generation and penalty volume under former chairman Christopher Cox, the regulator's new leaders talk tough. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Mary Schapiro's Priorities Mary Schapiro tells the Senate Banking Committee what her priorities will be at the SEC. |
Registered Rep.
March 11, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Extreme Makeover: SEC With or without an increased budget, the SEC wants to make up for its shortcomings. |
Registered Rep.
November 11, 2005
David A. Geracioti |
Cox to SIA: No Regulatory Rollback When William Donaldson stepped down as SEC chairman, the perception was that the reform movement had also left the building. But Christopher Cox's first speech to the Securities Industry Association was to the contrary. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Melanie Waddell |
SEC, DOL to Share Data The SEC and Department of Labor agree to share information on retirement and investments in an effort to protect the $5.8 trillion in retirement assets of American workers. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2005
Kristen French |
On-the-Job Therapy at the SEC After months of trying to fill the position, the SEC has hired a psychologist to work on the commission's flagging morale. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2006
S.J. Caplan |
Hedge Funds Rule! A federal court strikes down the new "hedge fund rule." The spotlight now shines on the current SEC chairman, Christopher Cox. |
Entrepreneur
November 2005
Scott Bernard Nelson |
New Cop in Town Will new SEC chairman Christopher Cox set you free from regulation? |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2007
Jane Worthington |
Compliance Use these rules to help you survive an SEC inspection. |
Registered Rep.
September 15, 2011
Kristen French |
Schapiro: Republican SEC Reform Bills Could Hog Tie SEC SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said that legislation introduced by Republicans to restructure the agency and its rulemaking process would threaten the agency's ability to write and enforce rules effectively. |
InternetNews
March 9, 2007
Clint Boulton |
SEC Cracking Down on Spam 'Pump and Dump' The SEC has suspended securities trading of 35 companies as part of a new crackdown on market manipulation via spam. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
The SEC Has Let Us Down Who's the SEC looking out for again? It's not you or I. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Turf Wars A conversation with former SEC Commissioner Roel Campos about the Treasury's Blueprint for financial services reform. |
Wall Street & Technology
June 29, 2005
Maria Santos |
Thomsen Replaces Cutler at SEC Enforcement Head The SEC named Linda Chatman Thomsen director of the division of enforcement. Thomsen joined the SEC in 1995 and has served as the enforcement division's deputy director since 2002. |
Registered Rep.
February 22, 2005
Will Leitch |
SEC's Roye Out as Mutual Fund Head In a move that casts doubt on the future of mutual fund regulation, the SEC has announced that its chief mutual funds legislator, Paul Roye, will step down, effective immediately. |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Grim Reaper Visits EasyLink By all appearances, EasyLink is being hit for a minor offense. Not according to the SEC. |
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: SEC Inspectors Unit Under Fire After repeated complaints from broker/dealers, mutual funds, and investment advisors about the SEC's new sweeps examination process, Congress is threatening to abolish the SEC's Office of Inspections and Examinations (OCIE). |
Registered Rep.
May 14, 2007
John Churchill |
"Merrill Lynch" Rule Dead, But SEC to Ask for Time The securities industry still hopes that the SEC will somehow come up with a new plan to keep the fee-based brokerage account from coverage by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, which mandates that to offer financial advice, you have to be a fiduciary. |
Financial Advisor
January 2004
Jay Gould |
Washed Up On The Banks Of Denial The SEC has changed its policies regarding anti-fraud consent injunctions. How should investment advisors react? |
Registered Rep.
September 19, 2007
John Churchill |
Report Criticizes SEC Investigation Process In particular, the Government Accountability Office said the division hasn't been updating case progress sufficiently and that a backlog of open cases is still a problem. |
Registered Rep.
May 10, 2007
Kristen French |
SEC Impostors on the Loose The SEC issued an alert to securities industry firms, warning them to keep an eye out for impostors -- individuals pretending to work for the SEC. |
BusinessWeek
January 23, 2006
Amy Borrus |
The Unlikely Hardnose At The SEC Securities & Exchange Commission Chairman Chris Cox wants all CEO pay revealed. |
CFO
September 1, 2012
Kathleen Hoffelder |
SEC Report Backs Away from Convergence The commission's staff expresses hesitation about merging international standards and U.S. GAAP. |
CFO
February 1, 2009
Edward Teach |
The SEC under Schapiro Can Mary Schapiro restore investors' confidence in the beleaguered regulator? |
Investment Advisor
August 2007 |
Upgrades The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial have completed their merger, creating The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation... SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said June 14 that he expected the Commission expand an SEC pilot program... etc. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2005 |
Comings & Goings Chris Frank, Michael Huntsman and Michael Tusing, a Los Angeles-based Banc of America team... Stephen Cutler, former SEC enforcement chief who left in May, returned to... David Kornblau has been hired as the head of regulatory affairs at... |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Melanie Waddell |
A Whirlwind of SEC Activity Harmonization of advisor and B/D rules will move forward. |
Investment Advisor
August 2006
Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: Will the SEC Appeal? Hedge fund advisor registration has been an extremely contentious issue. Some feel there will be grave consequences for the SEC and the investing public should the House bill requiring registration be shot down. |
CFO
June 1, 2008
Alan Rappeport |
Suddenly, It's Here The SEC votes unanimously to soon require companies to file data-tagged financial statements. The move seems certain to breathe new life into XBRL (extensible business reporting language), the data-tagging scheme for financial reports. |
BusinessWeek
December 27, 2004
Emily Thornton |
Hedge Funds Find An Escape Hatch The loophole: Locked-up funds don't require oversight. That means more risk for investors. |
Investment Advisor
June 2007
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Furthers Tool for Investors, While Frank Plans Hearings The SEC is working on an interactive system using the computer language called XBRL that's designed to give investors the tools they need to more easily compare mutual funds. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005 |
What Gets the SEC's Atkins Riled Up Says the outspoken commissioner: "We shouldn't take a one-size-fits-all approach" to rule-making |
Registered Rep.
April 26, 2007
John Churchill |
To Appeal or Not to Appeal? SEC Feels Heat Over Pro-FPA Court Ruling The SEC is feeling lobbyist pressure from both sides as it prepares to either appeal or let stand the ruling by a Federal Court of Appeals that vacated the "Merrill Lynch" rule. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
David Tittsworth |
What a Reinvigorated SEC Will Mean for You The first in a series of occasional commentaries by the executive director of the Investment Adviser Association. |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
James J. Green |
News: SEC's Top Cop Linda 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 sector. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Criticized for Madoff Congress chides the SEC for the scathing inspector general report on Bernie Madoff. |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Fund Independence Day Fizzles Why did a court stall the SEC's attempt to add independence to mutual-fund boards? |
Wall Street & Technology
February 27, 2005
Beth Bacheldor |
A Watchdog to Watch In his first CIO job, Corey Booth, just 34 years old, is leading the IT department of one of the country's most closely watched and influential government agencies: the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2006 |
Legislative Attack on the SEC Congressional representatives introduced a bill that would abolish the arm of the SEC that conducts sweeps. |
CFO
November 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
An Agency Ready to Roar? The SEC under new chief Mary Schapiro has gotten off to a slow start on the enforcement front, but attorneys expect a burst of energy in 2010. |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2007
Dawn Kopecki |
Backdating: Why Penalties Are Puny The SEC considers options violations less serious than other kinds of financial fraud. |
U.S. Banker
September 2007
Lee Conrad |
Oversight: Hedge Fund Transparency At Issue...Again The Securities & Exchange Commission is attempting to shine a spotlight on the most opaque of investments-hedge funds-by creating a working group in its enforcement division to combat insider trading. |
Investment Advisor
October 2007
Melanie Waddell |
Helping the Most Vulnerable Retirees Lawmakers, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and state regulators are bent on making sure advisors with designations touting expertise when it comes to helping seniors, the most vulnerable retirees, are closely scrutinized. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Leitch & French |
2005 Year in Review Regulating You Stresses Them Out... Amalgamated Antimatter Anyone?... How About a Bull-Market Rain Dance?... Reps Have a Bad Rep... etc. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2005 |
Ratting on Regulators Don't like the way that SEC investigator treated you while rifling through your files? Well, now you can report him. |
InternetNews
May 31, 2007
Clint Boulton |
SEC Settles Backdating Cases With Mercury, Brocade The Securities and Exchange Commission settled stock-option backdating cases with Mercury Interactive and Brocade Communications Systems totaling $35 million. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Insider Trading Up in 2006 NYSE Regulation says it expects to refer 140 potential insider-trading cases to the SEC in 2006. |
