Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

359 results about this entity

Period: 18 Oct 2004 - 15 Aug 2024

Wall Street calls for more delays to Dodd-Frank rules

Financial market trade groups have written to industry regulators asking for more time to review new swap trading rules.

Former Nasdaq MD charged with insider trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a former Nasdaq managing director with insider trading on confidential information that he stole while working in a unit that communicates with companies in advance of market-moving public announcements.

Bats files for IPO

Exchange operator Bats Global Markets has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO).

US regulators win bigger budgets

US financial regulators the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have been awarded big budget increases by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Machine-readable OTC derivatives contracts move a step closer

Regulatory efforts to introduce more automation in manually-driven over-the-counter derivatives trading have been advanced by the publication of new research into the feasibility of rendering OTC documentation in machine-readable format.

SEC outlines plans to tackle market volatility

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has unveiled plans to ditch circuit breakers in favour of a 'limit up-limit down' mechanism for reducing market volatility.

Schapiro calls for stronger automated trading systems oversight

Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Mary Schapiro is calling for tougher regulation on automated trading systems in a bid to combat the risks of algorithmic-generated volume surges and hacking.

Flash crash panel calls for HFT curbs

High-frequency traders could be charged fees for the disproportionate amount of orders they send under recommendations from a panel set up in the wake of last May's flash crash.

SEC scrutinises social media; Finra to re-examine guidance

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun scrutinising how investment advisers use Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools.

CFTC and SEC to increase budgets through user fees

US government plans to almost double the budget of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) by enabling it to collect fees from the firms it regulates have received a mixed reaction from Commissioners.

Axa Rosenberg pays $242m over quant coding cock-up and cover-up

Investment firm Axa Rosenberg has agreed to pay $242 million to settle SEC charges that it covered up a computer code error in its quantitative investment model that cost clients millions of dollars.

FIA calls on lawmakers to rethink clearing house ownership rules

The Futures Industry Association has urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to withdraw or defer acting on rules to limit ownership of clearing houses and swap execution facilities.