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SEC to Hold Open Meeting on Independent Director Rule
By Melanie WaddellThe U.S Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled June 21 that the SEC violated the Administrative Procedures Act with its rule requiring registered investment companies to have a board composed of at least 75% independent directors and an independent chairman. The court told the SEC to reconsider the...
June 16, 2005
SEC Member Hits SOX ImplementationSarbanes-Oxley Act implementation has turned into an auditor-driven, "check the box" exercise.[@@]Cynthia Glassman, a GOP-appointed member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, gave ...
June 15, 2005
Regulators Want Companies To Include Pension Results In Companywide Results (Updated)Staff members at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are suggesting that public companies should include pension plan results in their consolidated financial results.[@@]Commission ...
June 14, 2005
SEC Epands Defendant List In Viatical CaseThe U.S. Securities and Exchange is pressing ahead with a federal civil suit involving a Southeastern viatical firm that attracted more than $1 billion ...
June 14, 2005
SEC Epands Defendant List In Viatical CaseThe U.S. Securities and Exchange is pressing ahead with a federal civil suit involving a Southeastern viatical firm that attracted more than $1 billion ...
June 10, 2005
Goldstein Addresses 'Sharply Narrowed' Legal Issue in SEC ChallengeLaying great stress, in the manner of Sherlock Holmes, on the issue of silence--as in that of a certain dog in the night--the petitioners in a lawsuit seeking to have the Securities and Exchange Commission's hedge fund registration rule vacated have filed a reply to the SEC's brief defending the...
June 02, 2005
Bush Chooses Co To Lead SECPresident Bush has nominated Rep. Christopher Cox to succeed William Donaldson as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[@@]The Newport Beach, Calif., Republican ...
June 01, 2005
Former Aetna Chairman To Leave SECWilliam Donaldson will be retiring from his post as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission June 30.[@@]Donaldson, who turns 74 Thursday, said ...