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GAO To Review SEC
By Melanie WaddellAt the behest of Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is gearing up to perform a broad review of two of the Securities and Exchange Commission's divisions--the Office of Compliance, Inspection, and Examination (OCIE) and the SEC's enforcement unit.
September 29, 2006
SEC Revises Intermediary RulesThe Securities and Exchange Commission is giving financial services companies more time to comply with some parts of a new market-timing prevention rule.The SEC has ...
September 29, 2006
New SEC Research Tool for Public CompaniesThe Securities and Exchange Commission has decided to replace its antiquated public company disclosure system called EDGAR, which uses a form-based electronic filing cabinet, with a real-time search tool with interactive capabilities.
September 28, 2006
SEC Fines Fund AdministratorA company that sells support services to insurers and other financial services companies has agreed to pay $21.4 million to settle an investigation by the ...
September 01, 2006
News & ProductsThe SEC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) due August 24 for phase one of a major study of how regulators' rules for investment professionals...
September 01, 2006
An Education SummitThis year, the annual meeting of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards was not only a multiday affair in the first week of August...
August 28, 2006
Feds Accept Pru Settlement OfferA broker-dealer partly controlled by Prudential Financial Inc. has agreed to pay $600 million to resolve a market-timing investigation.The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says ...
August 07, 2006
CalPERS Adds Former SEC Chair's Hedge FundRichard Breeden's activist hedge fund firm has been allocated $400 million as part of the California Public Employees' Retirement System's corporate governance portfolio.