Two of the lessons from the failure of Lehman Brothers last year are (1) contract with more than one broker and (2) know where your ...
If your firm issues unregistered securities, it's probably familiar with Form D - which gives the SEC notice within 15 days of an initial sale. ...
Later this year, the first batch of public companies will use an Internet markup language specially created for financial reporting to file their required documents ...
Consider creating a diagram of your firm to help you put together all of its pieces. And supplement this by setting up a spreadsheet of ...
Historians may debate the merits of the SEC's actions last fall to temporarily ban short sales of hundreds of securities but academicians are already studying ...
Advisers Act compliance lapses by RIA Merrill Lynch have added up to a $1 million SEC penalty for the firm. The case contends advisory reps ...
It's clear the SEC is trying to find ways to conduct its oversight role in a cheaper and more efficient manner. One sign is the ...
The man who spent nearly a decade tipping off the SEC to his belief that Bernie Madoff ran the world's largest Ponzi scheme surfaced last ...
Last week the North American Securities Administrators Association urged Congress to return to state regulators the ability to go after banks for security violations and ...
New SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro favors the registration of hedge funds, wishes to bring CDOs and other such securities under the giant regulatory tent, supports ...