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Wall Street & Technology
August 20, 2007
Melanie Rodier |
Traditional Investigation Methods and New Tech Help Catch Insider Traders As insider trading rises globally, regulators and banks are using complex event processing and remote-control software to catch rogue traders.   |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
Emily Thornton |
More Heat On Hedge Funds As if there weren't enough controversy surrounding hedge funds, now the Securities & Exchange Commission is investigating suspicions that fund employees are engaging in insider trading. |
CFO
May 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
All in the Families The SEC is aiming to sniff out improper relationships, including insider trading, between hedge funds and the companies they invest in. |
BusinessWeek
July 26, 2004
Paula Dwyer |
The SEC To Top Execs: Read The Fine Print The Ken Lay criminal indictment has overshadowed the parallel SEC civil lawsuit. But corporate insiders and their attorneys would be wise to give the SEC complaint a close read. |
Registered Rep.
December 16, 2005
Halah Touryalai |
Former Pru Broker Penalized for Abusive Trading Three years after the SEC charged five Boston-based Prudential Securities brokers for abusive mutual fund trading, one of the accused is being temporarily barred from association with any broker/dealer or investment advisor. |
BusinessWeek
May 30, 2005
Robert Berner |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips The case against an Ohio State professor increases the feds' harder line on insider trading. |
BusinessWeek
April 1, 2010
Martin Z. Braun |
Can the SEC Get Its Street Cred Back? Elaine Greenberg is investigating abuses in the muni bond market, as the commission tries to rebuild trust. |
BusinessWeek
October 30, 2006 |
Looking Out For Number One The private-equity gold rush is encouraging some fund executives to cross the line. |
BusinessWeek
March 21, 2005
Amy Borrus |
Wall Street's Dirty Rotten Little Scoundrels The SEC has a new plan to turn up the heat on small-time Wall Street fraudsters. |
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. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Andrew Ackerman |
SEC Probes Wachovia The Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement staff has notified Wachovia Bank that they may recommend the SEC file charges against it, as a result of an investigation into alleged anti-competitive bidding practices. |
InternetNews
April 13, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Report: SEC to Charge TW Over AOL Ad Deal A probe over the ISP's accounting for $400 million in questionable ad revenue will reportedly culminate in a formal charge for AOL parent Time Warner this summer. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2005
Karen Donovan |
Under Siege Executives of broker/dealer firms are not exaggerating when they say it seems like regulators are locked into a competitive battle to collect the most pelts on Wall Street. |
Registered Rep.
September 23, 2008 |
SEC Charges Miami Broker Gary Gross Gary Gross has been charged with fraud by the SEC for selling his elderly clients unsuitable investments. |
Reason
October 2003
Michael McMenamin |
St. Martha Why Martha Stewart should go to heaven and the SEC should go to hell. |
Registered Rep.
October 6, 2004
Leitch & Gaffen |
Raymond James Fights the SEC's Fraud Charges The SEC brought fraud charges against the Tampa-based firm, saying the firm had looked the other way when a former broker scammed investors of approximately $44.5 million between 1999 and 2000. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Who Really Gets Rich Off Investment Banks? The answer may surprise you. |
InternetNews
October 24, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
Teen May Be Behind Fake Jobs Heart Attack Story SEC may have uncovered the culprit for a bogus report that sent Apple's shares plummeting. But what next? |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Alix Nyberg |
Regulation: Pitt and the Pendulum The kinder, gentler SEC Pitt envisioned vanished faster than you can say Arthur Andersen. Can he run a tougher, meaner agency? |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The SEC's Gift to You: Part 2 By giving the investing public access to information, and serving as a regulator with the power to take action to correct problems, the SEC works hard to protect investors. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
March 14, 2012
Diana Britton |
SEC Goes After Venture Capital B/D Over Sale of Facebook Shares The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against New York-based venture capital broker/dealer Felix Investments and the firm's founder Frank Mazzola. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2004
Karen F. Donovan |
Raymond James Fights a Lonely Battle with the SEC After nearly two years of negotiations, the agency charged Raymond James Financial Services with civil fraud in connection with the conduct of a rogue broker who worked off-site as an independent rep in Cranston, R.I. |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2006
Seth Jayson |
SEC Slaps Tube Traders A few South American account holders are charged with trading Maverick Tube on inside information. The SEC is, so far, short on the details of just how these people got insider information. |
InternetNews
October 22, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Qwest Settles Fraud Charges The voice and data carrier will pay $250 million to end a two-and-a-half year probe. |
InternetNews
December 15, 2004
Tim Gray |
Time Warner Settles Fraud Case Time Warner said today that it has agreed to pay $210 million in criminal and civil fines to settle a federal fraud case stemming from allegedly shady advertising deals within its America Online division. |
InternetNews
December 21, 2010 |
SEC Investigating ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd The SEC is looking into charges that Hurd may have leaked confidential information to a contractor. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2008
Jane Worthington |
Keep It Private One of the top regulatory issues for 2008 will be firms' control over their nonpublic "inside" information. Regulators have been swift to bring heavy fines -- even permanently barring perpetrators from the financial services industry. |
CFO
October 1, 2006
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Are Your Secrets Safe? A shift in banks' business model raises questions about conflicts. |
InternetNews
September 21, 2007
David Needle |
Steve Jobs to Testify in Backdating Case Apple CEO Steve Jobs has reportedly been subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to testify in a stock-options back-dating case against Apple's former general counsel, Nancy Heinen. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009 |
Broker/Dealer News Actions by the SEC and FINRA |
Registered Rep.
July 30, 2012
Kristen French |
Blotter: August 2012 Among other actions, in July, the SEC charged former Connecticut resident Jerry S. Williams, a stock promoter, and two companies that he controlled, Monk's Den and First In Awareness, with civil fraud. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Stock Fraud Made Easy It's a brave new world. Or so it would seem for stock fraudsters engaged in sophisticated insider-trading schemes from overseas bases. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Tell the SEC What You Think Help the Securities and Exchange Commission disclose Wall Street's conflicts of interest by giving feedback on their proposed rule changes for mutual funds. |
BusinessWeek
September 26, 2005
Amy Borrus |
The SEC: Cracking Down On Spin The Securities & Exchange Commission is going after executives for skimpy or misleading disclosures in annual reports. |
Registered Rep.
October 23, 2007
David A. Geracioti |
If Allegations Prove True, File This Under: Stupid Broker The SEC has filed a complaint against a former LPL rep and branch manager, who, the SEC says, had been engaging in one of the oldest broker tricks in the book: stealing his clients money. |
Registered Rep.
November 3, 2003
Will Leitch |
Fund Scandal Implicates Stockbrokers The mutual fund trading scandals headlines seemed to implicate mutual fund family executives and hedge funds -- everybody but individual retail brokers and brokerage management. But a new survey by the SEC charges brokers with abusive trading of mutual funds. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
October 16, 2006
Palmeri & Sasseen |
Private Equity: A Bid Too Far? Why Wall Street has doubts about the offer from Apollo and Texas Pacific for Harrah's. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2004
Rich Duprey |
The Domino Effect The SEC launches an informal investigation into insider trading at Amkor Technology. |
BusinessWeek
March 2, 2011
Abelson et al. |
With Dodd-Frank, the SEC Goes After Big Game The SEC's expanded administrative powers under Dodd-Frank helped shape its insider-training case against business legend Rajat Gupta |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
S&P Being Taken to the Woodshed The ratings agency will have to answer the SEC's questions about CDO ratings fiasco. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2004
Shannon Zimmerman |
SEC: Toothless No More? Is the SEC getting serious about fund industry reform? |
Registered Rep.
March 21, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
SEC and U.S. Attorney's Office Indict Traders and Executives in `Squawk Box' Scheme The SEC alleges that the fraudulent scheme allowed daytraders to trade based on overheard customer orders. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Alternative Uptick Rule The SEC is seeking public comment on an alternative approach to short-selling price test restrictions. |
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2007
Jane Sasseen |
The SEC Is Eyeing Insider Stock Sales Executives are using inside information to boost returns when they sell stock through automatic trading plans. Now, the Securities & Exchange Commission is looking more closely at such trades and whether the rules governing them need to be tightened. |
On Wall Street
May 1, 2013
Cumming & Horwitz |
SEC Takes on Structured Notes Large banks need to provide better information on these complex securities sold to the wealthy, regulator says. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
SEC Cracks Insider-Trading Ring The SEC has charged 14 individuals -- including employees of UBS and Morgan Stanley -- with participating in two insider-trading schemes that generated at least $15 million in illegal profits. |
