Financial Executives International (FEI) has a pretty good piece on the struggles newly-announced SEC Chief […]
Category: SEC
SEC Names a New Chief Accountant, You’ll Never Guess Where He Worked Before
Did you like that lame Upworthy headline? Did it get you to click on this? […]
SEC Steps In to Stop Sketchy City Comptroller From Bankrupting City on Bad Bond Deals
The city of Harvey, IL has angered the SEC with some shady bond offerings to […]
The SEC Is On An Insider Trading Losing Streak
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in a third insider-trading trial defeat in the past […]
SEC Working On Protecting Ridiculously Rich People From Investing In Stupid Startups
Since 1982, the SEC has defined an "accredited investor" as someone with $1 million sitting […]
Ex-Deloitte Chief Risk Officer Learns Not to Gamble with Independence the Hard Way
As everyone who is anyone knows, it's important to maintain independence in both fact and […]
The SEC Has Warned Against Investors Putting all Their Money into Marijuana
Thank goodness we have the SEC to protect us from ourselves. The SEC sent out […]
SEC Chief Accountant Paul Beswick Is Leaving For the Private Sector
The SEC announced today that Chief Accountant Paul Beswick is out, with his sights set […]
SEC Charges BP Insider With Cleaning Up His Portfolio After the Deepwater Spill
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former 20-year employee of BP p.l.c. and […]
The SEC Wants You to Know What Ponzi Scheme YouTube Videos Look Like
It's kind of like an infomercial but with fewer incompetent idiots trying to accomplish basic […]
Retired SEC Lawyer Calls Agency Penalties “At Most a Tollbooth on the Bankster Turnpike”
James Kidney, who joined the SEC in 1986 and retired this month, offered the critique […]
Crime May Not Pay But Whistleblowing Certainly Does
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the whistleblower who received the first award […]