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BusinessWeek June 18, 2007 Dawn Kopecki |
Backdating: Why Penalties Are Puny The SEC considers options violations less serious than other kinds of financial fraud. |
CFO April 1, 2005 Tim Reason |
The Limits of Mercy The cost of cooperating with the SEC is high. The cost of not cooperating is even higher. Faced with financial penalties, career-ending bans, and possible criminal prosecution, more individuals are choosing to fight the SEC. |
Registered Rep. April 23, 2007 Kevin Burke |
At Last: Pilgrim Baxter Shareholders To Get `Market-Timing' Restitution The move is the first in a series of three disbursements from the Fair Fund coffers that will pay out $267 million to over 384,000 affected PBHG Funds shareholders. |
CFO March 1, 2004 Kris Frieswick |
Bar Hopping Already considered one of the most severe civil penalties for securities violations, officer and director (O/D) bars have been embraced by the Securities and Exchange Commission with a new zeal. |
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. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2009 Michael Orey |
Commentary: Do Shareholder Class Actions Make Sense? Not when they extract payments from innocent shareholders and let fraudsters off the hook. |
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Jesse Westbrook & David Scheer |
How Big a Hit Will Goldman Take? Congress and the public expect the SEC to extract a big fine |
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. March 15, 2013 Megan Leonhardt |
A "Tougher" FINRA? FINRA has stepped up the number of cases and the value of fines they levied against advisors last year, but that doesn't neccessarily mean that the indstury's self-regulatory organization is getting any tougher. |
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? |
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. 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. |
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. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2009 Thomas O. Gorman |
SEC v. Bank of America: Where to Go From Here? The SEC thought it had completed an investigation, brought an enforcement action and then settled it. |
Registered Rep. January 13, 2006 Halah Touryalai |
SEC Displays Enforcement Commitment in Leveling Record Penalty Daniel Calugar, a former Las Vegas stock trader, settled with the SEC regarding charges involving market timing and late trading of mutual funds. The settlement will require him to pay a record $153 million in penalties. |
BusinessWeek June 20, 2005 Amy Borrus |
What To Expect From Chris Cox His SEC could be a less aggressive cop. But business won't get a pushover. |
BusinessWeek July 28, 2003 Borrus & McNamee |
States vs. the SEC: What's All the Shouting for? On the surface, it looks like the fragile alliance between state and federal securities cops is crumbling. There's more -- and less -- going on here than meets the eye. |
Registered Rep. November 21, 2007 Halah Touryalai |
SEC Fines At Four-Year Low The fall in fines comes after complaints from Republican commissioners and business groups that say the penalties hurt investors. Meanwhile, Democrats say the heavy fines deter fraud. |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg |
Payback Time Still As punishment for the market-timing scandals, the SEC and other enforcers collected fines from 20 fund companies. Four fund companies have filed plans with the SEC to distribute the cash to shareholders. But so far the money sits waiting until the plans are approved. |
InternetNews May 17, 2004 Colin C. Haley |
Lucent Settles SEC Complaint The company looks to eliminate distractions in an improving climate for network equipment. |
Salon.com May 17, 2002 Damien Cave |
Lock up the analysts and throw away the key An investor who followed expert advice lost $100,000. He wants vengeance, but history suggests he's not likely to get it... |
Entrepreneur August 2004 Julie Monahan |
Payback Time Settlement dollars from the SEC crackdown on mutual fund malfeasance will reach millions. But will you get your fair share? |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Barring Bad Board Directors The SEC is cracking down, but enforcement is a problem. |
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. February 18, 2004 John Churchill |
SEC Puts Forth Mutual Fund Rules Proposals The SEC has put forth three proposals that could drastically change the way mutual funds are sold. |
Registered Rep. March 24, 2005 Kristen French |
Mutual Fund Enforcement Picks Up Steam On March 23, the SEC and NASD handed out fines in mutual fund-related punishments totaling more than $80 million to five firms. And that is likely just the beginning of a coming avalanche of similar regulatory actions, legal experts say. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 Karen Donovan |
No More Slap on the Wrist Regulators are getting tough and creative on registered reps because they suspect that fines aren't a strong enough deterrent to stop illegal behavior. |
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. April 26, 2005 Kristen French |
A Pawn Takes the Queen Charles Elliott scores one for the "little guy," and proves that sometimes it pays for a broker to take on securities regulators, despite their financial and legal heft. |
Registered Rep. December 11, 2008 |
SEC Finalizes $30 Billion ARS Settlement With Citi And UBS The $30 billion settlement is the largest in SEC history and restores liquidity to ARS investors at par value of their holdings. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell |
Hot Topics FINRA steps in... $80 million settlement of two class-action suits by Securities America... Whistleblower payday... |
On Wall Street September 1, 2012 Ken Corbin |
FINRA Penalties Soar in 2012 Suitability infractions were the most common source of FINRA s disciplinary actions |
Chemistry World March 16, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Drug firms warned to be honest with investors The US Securities and Exchange Commission is concerned that too many pharmaceutical companies aren't being sufficiently transparent with investors about their interactions with regulators at the US Food and Drug Administration. |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Brian Lawler |
Dendreon Under Attack Following an unfavorable regulatory decision for its lead drug Provenge, the biotech is now the focus of an SEC inquiry. |
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 |
CFO March 1, 2003 Tim Reason |
Two Weeks in January The SEC put much of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act into effect by passing a slew of new rules. Here's what was proposed and what was disposed. |
InternetNews July 21, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Former Brocade Execs Charged in Stock Scandal Brocade becomes just the latest caught in the stock options mess. Feds say the company fraud cost investors millions. |
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. |
National Defense November 2011 Piazza & Ayers |
Regulators Flex Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Muscles Continuing a trend that started late in the last decade, the Securities and Exchange Commission this year continues to raise the bar on the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. |
Chemistry World October 7, 2015 Phillip Broadwith |
Bristol-Myers-Squibb fined for alleged Chinese bribes The US Securities and Exchange Commission has fined New York based pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb over $14 million over alleged bribes made to Chinese state owned hospitals. |
InternetNews February 28, 2006 Roy Mark |
Feds Bust $50M Online Ponzi Scheme A North Carolina woman and her two companies settled federal charges that she operated a classic Ponzi scheme that generated $50 million on her paid "autosurf" Web site. |
Registered Rep. August 7, 2008 John Churchill |
Citi Settles With SEC and Cuomo Over ARS Failure The firm has agreed to buy back auction rate securities sold to institutional and retail investors nationwide who've been stuck with the illiquid investment vehicles since February 12, 2008. |
Registered Rep. March 15, 2012 Kristen French |
Due Diligence: Step Back Rakoff, SEC-Citigroup Settlement Could Stand Judge Jed Rakoff may have overstepped his authority, said a federal appeals court today. In a procedural decision, the court wrote that the Securities and Exchange Commission has a good chance of overturning Rakoff's rejection of a $285 million SEC settlement with Citigroup. |
Wired February 2002 Adam Lashinsky |
The Post-Enron Economy Sometimes it takes a meltdown to force regulators into action... |
CFO February 1, 2005 Ronald Fink |
Finders Keepers The SEC is hearing new demands to make it easier for small companies to raise capital. |
InternetNews December 15, 2006 Roy Mark |
SEC Brings Proxies Online Shareholders will soon be able to find proxy statements and annual reports online, according to new voluntary rules approved this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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. |
CFO April 1, 2003 |
From All of Us Middle managers certify their numbers... Auditors make a company fire its sterling CFO... blind trusts for stock options... the SEC levies fines but doesn't collect them... etc. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
Funds and Games Several regulatory issues are floating around the SEC. Will any of them get resolved? |
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. |