The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rules to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures by public companies and in public offerings. The final rules reflect the Commission’s efforts to respond to investors’ demand for more… SEC Press Release
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SEC Adopts Amendments to Enhance Disclosure of Order Execution Information
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rule amendments that update the disclosure required under Rule 605 of Regulation NMS for order executions in national market system stocks (NMS stocks), which are stocks listed on a national securities… SEC Press Release
Van Eck Fined for Secretly Paying Bar Stool’s David Portnoy.
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that registered investment adviser Van Eck Associates Corporation has agreed to pay a $1.75 million civil penalty to settle charges that it failed to disclose a social media influencer’s role in the social media influencer’s role in the launch of its new exchange-traded fund […]
SEC Publishes Annual Staff Report on Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Credit Ratings published its annual Staff Report to Congress today on Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSROs), commonly known as credit rating agencies, to provide findings… SEC Press Release
SEC Charges TIAA Subsidiary for Failing to Act in the Best Interest of Retail Customers
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that registered broker-dealer TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services LLC (TC Services), a subsidiary of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), will pay more than $2.… SEC Press Release
SEC Small Business Advisory Committee to Discuss the Accredited Investor Definition and the State of the IPO Market
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee today released the agenda for its meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 27, which will include a discussion of the accredited investor definition and initial public offerings… SEC Press Release
SEC Proposes Rule to Update Definition of Qualifying Venture Capital Funds
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed a rule that would update the dollar threshold for a fund to qualify as a “qualifying venture capital fund” for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Act). The rule would update the dollar… SEC Press Release
Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Whistleblower Protections
February 8. 2024 – The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling holding that whistleblowers do not need to prove that their employer acted with “retaliatory intent” to be protected under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). The decision in the case, Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, has immense implications for several […]
SEC Adopts Amendments to Enhance Private Fund Reporting
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted amendments to Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds, including those that also are registered with the Commodity Futures Trading… SEC Press Release
SEC Charges TradeStation Crypto for Unregistered Offer and Sale of Crypto Asset Lending Product
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against TradeStation Crypto, Inc., based in Plantation, Florida, for failing to register the offer and sale of a crypto lending product that allowed U.S. investors to deposit or purchase… SEC Press Release