Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

366 results about this entity

Period: 18 Oct 2004 - 01 Nov 2024

SEC moves to clarify social media rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sought to quell confusion among investment firms about the use of channels such as Facebook and Twitter for marketing communications by clarifying its social media rules.

SEC sets out new tech rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved new rules governing IT policies and procedures at 'key market participants', in an effort to better insulate the markets from vulnerabilities posed by systems technology issues.

Google joins bidders to build US consolidated audit trail system

Google, Nyse Technolgies and Thomson Reuters are among 31 firms to throw their hats into the ring to build a consolidated audit trail (CAT) system to monitor and analyse US trading activity.

FBI taps SEC expertise on algo trading market manipulation

The FBI has begun working with a new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unit to take on algorithmic trading-based market manipulation.

Sandy-hit Wall Street faces questions over contingency plans

As trading resumed in New York after a two-day Hurricane Sandy-inflicted pause, the effectiveness of Wall Street's back-up plans to deal with disasters was being called into question.

US stock markets shuttered as Hurricane Sandy approaches

American stock exchanges are shutting down today, and provisionally tomorrow, as a precaution ahead of hurricane Sandy's arrival on the east coast.

Nasdaq OMX defends $62m Facebook compensation package

Nasdaq OMX ha defended its proposed $62 million compensation offer to firms affected by the botched Facebook IPO, describing the package, in a letter to the SEC, as "fair and equitable".

SEC fines Nyse $5m for market data distribution failures

The Securities and Exchange Commission has fined the New York Stock Exchange $5 million for giving proprietary customers a head-start by sending them market data before it went out to the public.

Citi slams Nasdaq OMX over Facebook IPO compensation

Citi has written to the Securities and Exchange Commission urging the regulator to dismiss Nasdaq OMX's $62 million compensation offer for its "mishandling" of the Facebook IPO.

Knight closes in on $400m rescue deal

Knight Capital looks set to survive last week's costly trading technology meltdown thanks to a $400 million rescue package put together by a group of investors.

Knight Capital blames tech glitch for stock market chaos; faces $440m pre-tax loss

Knight Capital says that a "technology issue" at its market making unit was behind the volatile price movements in 140 shares yesterday that forced Nyse Euronext to cancel trades.

SEC votes for consolidated audit trail system

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has voted to force US exchanges and Finra to build a consolidated audit trail system to monitor and analyse trading activity.