SEC Easing Key Control Rules for Firms
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WASHINGTON -- Federal securities regulators are moving to ease some financial-control rules for thousands of smaller public companies at the same time they look to stiffen requirements for individuals to invest in fast-growing hedge funds.
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The Justice Department put new restraints on federal prosecutors in corporate investigations, easing tactics adopted in the wake of the Enron collapse.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering softening new American corporate governance rules to ease the burden on foreign companies, its chairman said Tuesday.
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China on Friday eased the rules governing foreign brokerage firms' joint ventures, modestly expanding their business scope and lowering the requirements for foreign firms entering the sector.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday ordered mutual funds to stop paying higher commissions to brokers who promote the companies&#39; funds. The agency also required portfolio managers to reveal investments in funds they ...
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The nation&#39;s stock exchanges would be forced to tighten their governance and move toward separating their self-policing function from their business operations under a plan proposed by federal regulators yesterday.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday took a step toward allowing foreign public companies to choose between filing data under international accounting standards and U.S. rules.
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Rules to prevent fraud going undetected at US companies are to be amended after complaints they are too costly.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators yesterday tentatively agreed to ease an accounting requirement for foreign companies that trade on U S exchanges.
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Regulators ease restrictions stopping firms owning both TV channels and newspapers in the US's largest cities.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously proposed rules yesterday that would require a majority of board members at the nation&#39;s stock exchanges to be independent
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The S.E.C. next week is expected to propose a rule that would allow foreign companies using international accounting standards to stop reconciling their financial statements to American rules.
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Businesses are hoping that at least some post-Enron regulations can be rolled back in the name of making the U.S. more competitive.
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Changes in CFOs are worth investigating.
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U.S. regulators, led by the Securities and Exchange Commission, are probing how financial firms priced mortgage securities on their books and whether they should have told investors earlier about the declining value of those securities, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted 5-0 on Tuesday to propose sweeping changes in how companies offer stock, including eliminating the so-called pre-offer "quiet period" for very large companies.
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A new SEC rule may not solve all your woes with brokers.