Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

366 results about this entity

Period: 18 Oct 2004 - 01 Nov 2024

SEC proposes swaps registration rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has voted to push for a rule making security-based swap entities electronically file their registration with regulators.

Quant manager pays $2.5m over code error which cost clients millions

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged money manager AXA Rosenberg's co-founder with securities fraud for concealing a computer code error in a quantitative investment model he developed, costing clients millions of dollars.

SEC files court action to force handover of Longtop documents

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked a federal court to force the Chinese arm of accounting outfit Deloitte & Touche to hand over documents related to possible fraud by Longtop Financial Technologies.

ACI steps up efforts to scupper S1-Fundtech merger

ACI Worldwide has escalated its efforts to derail the proposed merger between S1 and Fundtech, filing preliminary proxy materials with the SEC to solicit S1 shareholder votes against the deal.

SEC launches whistleblower Web page

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a whistleblower Web page where staff can leave tips about securities law violations and apply for cash rewards.

SEC sets up large trader reporting system

The Securities and Exchange Commission is pressing ahead with the creation of a system to collect transaction data from large traders such as banks and hedge funds that will help it to investigate wild stock market swings like last year's May 6 flash crash.

CFTC appoints data standardisation sub-committee members

Representatives from the ISO, Goldman Sachs, Google and Swift are among the members of a new technology advisory sub-committee on data standardisation set up by the CFTC.

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.