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NEWS ABOUT: SEC commissioners

SEC commissioners stories: 6 news summaries

 SEC Moves to Ban 
 Lightning-Fast Trading 

Flash orders let big investors buy and sell in milliseconds, harming slower traders

Sep 18, 09 5:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The SEC is seeking a ban on the financial technique known as flash orders, a controversial method in which powerful computers survey other investors' trades and adjust strategies within milliseconds to turn a profit. SEC head Mary Schapiro said that flash orders "may create a two-tiered market" since only... More »

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stock market • SEC • stock exchange • SEC commissioners • investor • Mary Schapiro • high-frequency trading

Madoff on Fooling SEC: 'Just Be Casual'

Ponzi schemer taped giving associates tips to dodge regulators

Sep 10, 09 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The most important thing to remember if you want to fool the SEC is to act casual, Bernie Madoff told executives at Fairfield Greenwich Group. “You don't want them to think you're concerned about anything,” the Ponzi scheme mastermind said in a phone call taped in 2005, CNN ... More »

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fraud • Massachusetts • federal investigation • finance • SEC • federal prison • SEC commissioners • Bernard Madoff • Fairfield Greenwich Group • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities • regulator • Securities and Exchange Commission

New SEC Chief Moves Fast to Restore Agency

Schapiro fills openings, reverses Bush policies at battered regulator

Feb 23, 09 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - New chairwoman Mary Schapiro isn’t wasting time making over the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Times reports, reversing several of her predecessor’s policies and filling key positions that have sat vacant for months. “I recognize that we could all be defined by what we missed... More »

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SEC • Christopher Cox • SEC commissioners • short selling • Obama administration • Bernard Madoff • Mary Schapiro • Securities and Exchange Commission

ANALYSIS

Battle Over Regulation Looms in '09

Some worry Obama won't do enough to rein in derivatives market

Dec 25, 08 9:24 AM CST
(Newser) - After the economic meltdown of 2008, the coming year will see a battle over one of the most politically contentious issues in finance: the regulation of derivatives markets. Some who opposed government oversight before now acknowledge the need for tighter controls. But they face an uphill battle, reports Newsweek, against... More »

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Alan Greenspan • SEC • oversight • derivatives market • regulation • SEC commissioners • Robert Rubin • auction-rate securities • Obama administration • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

SEC Chair Cox Fiddled as US Markets Burned

'Exceedingly cautious' approach had Paulson looking to kill agency

Sep 22, 08 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - With US markets in upheaval, the head of the watchdog Securities and Exchange Commission was preoccupied with a new technology for corporate filing, Bloomberg reports. Christopher Cox’s inaction has provoked bipartisan criticism: McCain adviser Carly Fiorina said he has been “asleep at the switch,” while Democratic Sen.... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • Henry Paulson • SEC • Christopher Cox • regulation • SEC commissioners • bank regulation

Remaining Democrat Leaves SEC

Commission now a one-party shop after 2nd departure in month

Oct 3, 07 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is down to three lone Republicans after the second Democrat in a month resigned yesterday, MarketWatch writes. Annette Nazareth's departure comes just two weeks after Roel Campos left the 5-seat board. And the single-party rule makes some observers—who fear that the commission will become... More »

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SEC • Christopher Cox • Roel Campos • Annette Nazareth • SEC commissioners • corporate governance

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