Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

367 results about this entity

Period: 18 Oct 2004 - 16 Dec 2024

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SEC charges DeFi company for defrauding investors out of $30 million

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two Florida men and their Cayman Islands company for unregistered sales of more than $30 million of securities using smart contracts and so-called “decentralized finance” (DeFi) technology, and for misleading investors concerning the operations and profitability of their business DeFi Money Market.

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SEC shuts down mother-son 'supercomputer' operation

The Securities and Exchange Commission has shut down a mother and son operation that raised more than $12 million from retailer investors by promising to use an AI "supercomputer" to invest the funds in securities trading and cryptocurrencies.

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SEC forces UBS to return $8 million to investors in complex ETF product

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a settled action against UBS Financial Services Inc. for compliance failures relating to sales of a volatility linked exchange-traded product (ETP).

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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.