Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

364 results about this entity

Period: 18 Oct 2004 - 24 Sep 2024

SEC approves pilot to assess tick size for smaller companies

The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved a proposal by the national securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for a two-year pilot program that would widen the minimum quoting and trading increments–or tick sizes–for stocks of some smaller companies.

UBS fined over dark pool operations

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a subsidiary of UBS with disclosure failures and other securities law violations related to the operation and marketing of its dark pool.

SEC bids to boost transparency with new swap reporting rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted two new sets of rules that will require security-based swap data repositories (SDRs) to register with the SEC and prescribe reporting and public dissemination requirements for security-based swap transaction data.

SEC strengthens exchange technology rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved new rules designed to strengthen the US market's technology infrastructure, which has frequently buckled under increasing strain in recent years.

Former SEC chairman Levitt becomes advisor to bitcoin firms

Former US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt is taking on advisory roles at bitcoin firms BitPay and Vaurum. He enters the cryptocurrency industry as it digests rulings from regulators that could see many companies classed as money transmitters.

Liquidnet fined $2m for misusing dark pool subscriber data

Dark pool operator Liquidnet has agreed to pay $2 million to settle SEC charges that it improperly used confidential trading data from its subscribers.

SEC chair sets out HFT and dark pool proposals

US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White has laid out her plans to rein in high-frequency traders and improve oversight of dark pools.

SEC issues alert on bitcoin risks

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is warning investors that getting involved in bitcoin is a risky business that could leave them open to fraud.

Watchdog criticises SEC cybersecurity

The Securities and Exchange Commission has been criticised by a US congressional watchdog over cybersecurity weaknesses, including the failure to authenticate users and encrypt sensitive data.

SEC to conduct market-wide cyber-security checks

The Securities and Exchange Commission is to conduct checks on more than 50 registered broker-dealers and investment advisors to assess their ability to counteract cyber-security threats.

ConvergEx pays $150 million to settle fraud charges

Transaction brokerage ConvergEx has agreed to pay $150 million to settle charges that it deceived institutional clients into paying substantially higher amounts than disclosed for the execution of trading orders

Diebold pays $48m to settle bank bribery charges

US ATM manufacturer Diebold has agreed to pay $48 million to settle criminal and civil charges that it handed over millions of dollars in bribes to bank officials in China, Indonesia and Russia.