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The Motley Fool
June 23, 2004
Charly Travers |
SEC Goes After Drug Fraud On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a litigation release announcing a civil lawsuit against Helvetia Pharmaceuticals and four officers of the company.   |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
Melanie Waddell |
When It Pays to Fight City Hall An annual analysis of litigated disciplinary proceedings brought by the SEC and FINRA against broker/dealers and registered representatives shows that it sometimes pays for B/Ds and reps to litigate against the regulators. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Bulks Up Enforcement The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving at a rapid pace to repair its sullied reputation after being lambasted by Congress for failing to stop the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme. |
InternetNews
May 17, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Lucent Settles SEC Complaint The company looks to eliminate distractions in an improving climate for network equipment. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
March 2007
Melanie Waddell |
States' Rights The North American Securities Administrators Association's agenda includes preserving state regulators' authority. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2006
Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: Promises to Keep Congress wants pharma to meet study commitments and disclose research results, but no one is giving FDA more resources to enforce its rules. |
Investment Advisor
October 2007
Melanie Waddell |
Helping the Most Vulnerable Retirees Lawmakers, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and state regulators are bent on making sure advisors with designations touting expertise when it comes to helping seniors, the most vulnerable retirees, are closely scrutinized. |
Investment Advisor
November 2009
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Sets Out Strategic Plan The Securities and Exchange Commission publishes its Draft Strategic Plan outlining the Commission's strategic goals for 2010 through 2015. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Chairmen of Yore Speak Six former SEC chairmen pointed to quite a few regulatory challenges that loom large -- namely globalization of the world markets, the burgeoning market for complex synthetic securities, and the continued growth of hedge funds. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Mary Schapiro's Priorities Mary Schapiro tells the Senate Banking Committee what her priorities will be at the SEC. |
The Motley Fool
December 17, 2004
Bill Mann |
AOL: Is Half a Billion Enough? Time Warner pays big to settle fraud charges against its problem child, AOL. As for the current management at Time Warner, they profess to want to conclude things with regulators so that they can once again tap the equity market for currency for acquisitions and other capital needs. |
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. |
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
February 16, 2010
Brian Orelli |
For Blockbuster Cancer Drugs, Approvals Are the Easy Part Don't get too excited. As an investor, you can lower your risk by investing in cancer drug companies after a clinical trial success but before an FDA approval, but you'll also reduce your reward. |
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
October 21, 2009
Farzad & Francis |
The SEC's Tough New Offensive on Insider Trading It's using wiretaps, informants, and high-tech software, as well as teaming with key federal prosecutors, to nab wrongdoers fast. |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2007
Dawn Kopecki |
Backdating: Why Penalties Are Puny The SEC considers options violations less serious than other kinds of financial fraud. |
Investment Advisor
August 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Will the States Be Able to Regulate Big RIAs? State regulators and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will meet soon to iron out the details of shifting nearly 4,000 advisors from federal to state supervision. |
CFO
February 1, 2006
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Penalty Box The SEC is handing out bigger and bigger fines for misdeeds. But is this the right approach? |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2005 |
Selective Disclosure, Explained The SEC instituted a "Fair Disclosure" rule that prohibited public companies from alerting analysts and major investors to important changes before disclosing that information to the general public. So what has happened since the rule went into effect? |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Blotter Shelf Space No No... Broker Gets 14 Years... |
Registered Rep.
September 10, 2008 |
Bank of America to Buy Its ARs Back The nation's second-largest bank by assets settled an investigation by Massachusetts regulators, agreeing to buy back $4.5 billion worth of the securities. |
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.
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. |
Chemistry World
September 30, 2014 |
Transparency measures forced on pharma Previous misdemeanors are compelling the pharmaceutical industry to be more open with financial information and clinical data. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2004
Bill Mann |
End of the Specialist System? SEC investigations and electronic trading may spell the end of an era. Specialist firms line up to settle with the regulators. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2009
Mark Astarita |
The SEC's "Feel Good" Committee The Securities and Exchange Commission announces the formation of an Investor Advisory Committee, which it says will give investors a greater voice in its work. |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Senate's Cop Cracks Down on Financial Fraud "Fraud and potential criminal conduct were at the heart of the financial crisis," Senator Ted Kaufman (D, Del) said in a speech last month on the Senate floor. |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2005 |
The SEC Targets A Mexican Tycoon Saying that "geographic boundaries will not serve to protect those who seek to defraud investors," the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission on Jan. 4 filed civil charges against TV Azteca, Mexico's No. 2 broadcaster. |
Registered Rep.
May 9, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
Morgan Stanley to pay $7.96 Million for Best Execution Fraud The SEC announced that Morgan Stanley will pay penalties to settle the charges against the firm for failing to provide best execution to clients. |
CFO
October 1, 2008
Marie Leone |
Convergence Divergence Critics question the entire rationale for adopting international financial reporting standards. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2008
Brian Lawler |
Eli Lilly's Dose of Disclosure The pharmaceutical pledges public reports of its dealings with doctors. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2006
Brian Lawler |
Another Hard Pill to Swallow A former FDA chief will take the fall for not disclosing holdings, but the pharmaceuticals industry needs more than that. |
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. |
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. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
April 1, 2012
Jill Wechsler |
Shortages and Sunshine Disclosure rules the day, as industry confronts demands to report supply problems, results of clinical trials, and payment to doctors. |
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. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2012
Michael Cohn |
U.S. Needs to Move to Global Reporting System The chairman of KPMG International, Michael Andrew, believes the U.S. runs the risk of being passed by in the global financial markets unless it commits to International Financial Reporting Standards. |
InternetNews
May 23, 2007
David Needle |
HP Settles With SEC Over Boardroom Drama The Securities and Exchange Commission said HP should have reported reasons for board member's resignation. |
InternetNews
March 9, 2007
Clint Boulton |
SEC Cracking Down on Spam 'Pump and Dump' The SEC has suspended securities trading of 35 companies as part of a new crackdown on market manipulation via spam. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
June 3, 2010
Jesse Westbrook |
The SEC's BlackBerry Compromise The agency will give employees BlackBerrys -- but won't demand that they keep them on weekends or after hours |
CFO
November 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
An Agency Ready to Roar? The SEC under new chief Mary Schapiro has gotten off to a slow start on the enforcement front, but attorneys expect a burst of energy in 2010. |
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. |
CFO
January 30, 2004
Tim Reason |
Cheese It, the States! Corporate wrong-doers are finding state cops more aggressive than the feds. |
