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New SRO May Become a Reality by Second Quarter
By Melanie WaddellThe merger of the regulatory arms of the NYSE and NASD should be completed by the second quarter of this year, Robert Errico, executive VP at NASD told a group of lawyers at ALI-ABA's broker/dealer regulation event in Washington January 11.
December 14, 2006
SEC Raises Hedge Fund Minimum to $2.5 MillionIn a move that it says is designed to protect investors, the SEC voted December 13 to raise the asset accreditation minimum for investors in investments such as hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital from $1 million to $2.5 million. Under the proposed rule, investors are not allowed to...
December 12, 2006
SEC Risk Director Leaving for Private SectorThe SEC announced that Charles Fishkin, who helped create the Commission's Office of Risk Assessment under-then Chairman Bill Donaldson in 2004 and propagated an agency-wide risk management program designed to make the regulator more proactive, will leave the Commission in the new year to take a position in New York...
November 12, 2006
SEC Will Do Study On Financial Product SalesThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is hiring an outside company to help it analyze the marketing and delivery of financial products to individual investors.The ...
November 12, 2006
SEC Will Do Study On Financial Product SalesThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is hiring an outside company to help it analyze the marketing and delivery of financial products to individual investors.The ...
November 07, 2006
Services Company Offers To Pay SEC $25 MillionA financial services industry support company may be close to ironing out its differences with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.BISYS Group Inc., Roseland, N.J., ...
November 07, 2006
SEC To Commissions SurveyThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is hiring an outside company to help it analyze the marketing and delivery of financial products to individual investors.The ...
November 07, 2006
SEC To Commissions SurveyThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is hiring an outside company to help it analyze the marketing and delivery of financial products to individual investors.The ...