Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

364 results about this entity

Period: 18 Oct 2004 - 24 Sep 2024

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Charles Schwab faces $200m hit over SEC robo advisor investigation

Charles Schwab is facing a $200 million charge relating to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation into the firm's robo advisor.

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SEC charges e-trading platform for operating as unregistered broker-dealer

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Neovest Inc., a provider of an order and execution management system (OEMS) that facilitates electronic trading, has agreed to pay a $2.75 million penalty for its failure to register as a broker-dealer in violation of the federal securities laws.

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SEC establishes enforcement task force to deal with climate and ESG issues

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the creation of a Climate and ESG Task Force in the Division of Enforcement.

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Regulators make inquiries over Robinhood trading restrictions

US regulators have made inquiries to Robinhood about the trading restrictions the app put on stocks such as GameStop during the Reddit-led rallies earlier this year.

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Ripple formally responds to SEC lawsuit

Ripple has accused the Securities and Exchange Commission of distorting the facts about the status of its cryptocurrency XRP in its first formal response to a regulatory lawsuit filed in December.

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Ripple awaiting XRP enforcement action

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is gearing up to take enforcement action against Ripple and its digital asset XRP.

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SEC fines Robinhood $65m over trade dealings

Stock trading app Robinhood has been hit with a $65 million fine by the Securities and Exchange Commission for misleading customers about payment for order flow practices that cost traders over £34 million in lost gains, the latest in a series of damning complaints about the firm's business tactics.

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SEC shakes up market data rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rules to modernize the infrastructure for the collection, consolidation, and dissemination of market data for exchange-listed national market system stocks (“NMS market data”).

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Robinhood faces hefty SEC fine for high-speed trade deals

Stock trading app Robinhood is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to disclose that it sold clients' orders to high speed trading firms, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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SEC to amend accredited investor definition, widen market access

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted amendments to the “accredited investor” definition, one of the principal tests for determining who is eligible to participate in our private capital markets.

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SEC FinHub preps virtual P2P meet-ups

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub) today announced the launch of virtual peer-to-peer meet-ups (P2Ps).

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SEC accepts transparency amendments to CAT NMS plan

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt amendments to the national market system plan governing the consolidated audit trail (the “CAT NMS Plan”) to bring additional transparency, governance, oversight, and financial accountability to its implementation.