Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

373 results about this entity

Period: 18 Oct 2004 - 17 Jan 2025

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.

Nyse Euronext secures SEC approval for retail liquidity programme

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given Nyse Euronext the green light to pilot a programme designed to attract retail investors from dark pools.

SEC could make Nasdaq OMX upgrade systems over Facebook IPO - WSJ

Following last month's Facebook IPO fiasco, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pondering forcing Nasdaq OMX to upgrade its trading systems, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Nasdaq OMX offers brokers $40m over Facebook fiasco

Nasdaq OMX is setting aside around $40 million to cover broker losses related to its botched handling of last month's Facebook IPO but the planned package is facing widespread criticism.

SEC charges Brit twins over $1.2m fake stock picking robot scam

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged twin brothers from England with using a fake "stock picking robot" to defraud around 75,000 investors out of $1.2 million.

SEC charges optionsXpress over naked short selling scheme

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged online brokerage optionsXpress, four of its employees and one customer in connection with a naked short selling scheme.