Securities Regulation
SEC Commish Urges Selective Use Of New Settlement Policy For ‘Bad Actors’
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should focus its new policy of seeking admissions of wrongdoing on cases such as those involving bad actors who have a high risk of being repeat offenders, ...
Ebix’s Raina Loses Magic Touch As U.S. Probes Accounting
Robin Raina always had the magic touch, or so it seemed until Wednesday, when the disclosure of a U.S. criminal probe of his software company's accounting practices blew up a proposed $820 million ...
SEC Settlement Policy May Pressure Other Agencies To Toughen Up
The decision by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to seek admissions of wrongdoing in select enforcement cases is expected to put pressure on other federal financial regulators to get ...
Mini Flash Crashes Caused By Sloppiness, Not A Broken Market: SEC
Unexplained rapid price drops in single stocks have generally been triggered by human error, not nefarious trading activity or high-speed trading algorithms gone wild, an official at the U.S. ...
SEC Will Seek Admission of Wrongdoing in More Cases, White Says
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will seek more admissions of wrongdoing from defendants as a condition of settling enforcement cases, the agency's chairman said. SEC Chairman Mary Jo ...
Cyber Disclosure To SEC Not Universal; Even Insurer Fails To Report: Willis
A majority of the U.S. listed Fortune 500 firms are following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Guidelines by providing some level of disclosure regarding cyber exposures, but disclosure is not ...
EU Allows Exchange Information Exchange With U.S. on Audit Probes
Audit regulators in the European Union won EU approval to swap information with their U.S. counterparts in a step that makes it easier for watchdogs to probe potential malpractice. The U.S. Public ...
SEC Presses Berkshire for More Data On Insurance Cat Losses
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is providing more data about claims costs at insurance units after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pressed the company for the information. We ...