Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

383 results about this entity

Period: 18 Oct 2004 - 23 May 2025

Nasdaq OMX hit with record $10m fine over Facebook IPO fiasco

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined Nasdaq OMX a record $10 million over its botched handling of the Facebook initial public offering (IPO) last year.

US exchanges push SEC on dark pool curbs

The bosses of three major US exchanges met regulators yesterday to voice their concern about the amount of trading moving away from their public venues to private platforms such as dark pools.

Citi files Nasdaq OMX compensation claim over Facebook IPO

Citi has filed a claim with Nasdaq OMX to receive compensation relating to the exchange operator's botched Facebook IPO but has not ruled out further legal action, according to Reuters.

SEC greenlights use of social media for company news

Publicly-listed US companies can share market-moving information on Facebook and Twitter, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ruled.

SEC approves Nasdaq's Facebook IPO compensation plan

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Nasdaq OMX's planned $62 million compensation package for firms affected by last year's botched Facebook IPO.

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".