Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Mary Schapiro

Mary Schapiro stories: 11 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 »

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

(Newser) - The SEC's inspector general says the agency had plenty of chances to take down Bernie Madoff and whiffed on every one, Bloomberg reports. In a report released today, H. David Kotz writes that the SEC received "detailed and substantive complaints over the years to warrant a thorough and comprehensive... More »

MORE ABOUT:
SEC • Christopher Cox • Ponzi scheme • Inspector General • Bernard Madoff • Mary Schapiro • Harry Markopolos • Securities and Exchange Commission • regulatory body • H. David Kotz

(Newser) - The heat is apparently getting to Tim Geithner. At a meeting last week with high-level financial regulators, the treasury secretary indulged in a potty-mouthed diatribe about delays in the administration's highly touted plan to overhaul the regulatory system, declaring, "enough is enough," the Wall Street Journal reports.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • SEC • profanity • Treasury Department • FDIC • financial institutions • swearing • Obama administration • Treasury secretary • Sheila Bair • Timothy Geithner • Obama Cabinet • Mary Schapiro • regulator • Securities and Exchange Commission • regulatory body • Neal Wolin

New SEC Chair Stakes Out
Her Territory

Schapiro moving decisively to overhaul troubled agency

Jun 4, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - As soon as she took over the SEC, Mary Schapiro started making changes. She scrapped rules that had hindered investigators, hired a new enforcement director, and refocused regulators on high-profile financial crisis-related cases. “I wanted to be clear from my first day—not just with words, which are pretty... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Federal Reserve • SEC • Treasury Department • regulation • bank regulation • Treasury secretary • Timothy Geithner • Mary Schapiro • Securities and Exchange Commission

Stung by Madoff, SEC Steps Up Pace, Triples Fraud Cases

Embarrassed committee gets aggressive with enforcement

May 8, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Haunted by the failure to catch Bernie Madoff, the Securities and Exchange Commission is dramatically stepping up its investigation workload, reports the LA Times. Since February, the SEC has frozen the assets of 27 fraud suspects, compared to seven in the same period last year. “The clear message from... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Ponzi scheme • securities fraud • Bernard Madoff • Mary Schapiro • Robert Allen Stanford • 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 »

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

 Schapiro Pledges to 
 'Reinvigorate' SEC 

Obama nominee wants better cooperation among agencies in nabbing next Madoff

Jan 15, 09 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Mary Schapiro, Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, told senators today she would make enforcement a top priority, CNN reports. Her confirmation hearing was also peppered with questions about how Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme slipped past regulators; Schapiro currently heads an industry watchdog group.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • SEC • Senate confirmation hearings • Ponzi scheme • chairman • President Obama • Bernard Madoff • Mary Schapiro

Critics Question Toughness of Obama's
SEC Pick

Confirmation hearing today for Schapiro

Jan 15, 09 8:09 AM CST
(Newser) - As Mary Schapiro, Barack Obama's nominee to lead the SEC, heads to Capitol Hill to face Senate confirmation hearings today, questions linger about her light touch with big Wall Street firms. A seasoned regulator, Schapiro nevertheless spent much of last year cracking down on small brokerages and minor players, reports... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • SEC • financial crisis • President Obama • Bernard Madoff • Mary Schapiro • NASD

 Obama's SEC 
 Choice Faces 
 Questions 
 on Lawsuits 


Schapiro accused of making misleading statements about regulatory merger

Jan 12, 09 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Mary Schapiro, Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, has been accused in two lawsuits of making misleading statements to rush through the 2-year-old merger of two regulatory agencies that resulted in a 57% pay hike for herself, the New York Times reports. Schapiro is to... More »

MORE ABOUT:
New York Stock Exchange • SEC • Mary Schapiro • NASD • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

 Obama Taps 
 Schapiro as 
 SEC Chair 

Schapiro brings a wealth of experience to her new position

Dec 18, 08 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama named Mary Schapiro as chair of the beleaguered SEC today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Schapiro's hefty resume includes stints as an SEC commissioner under former presidents Reagan and Bush, and another as acting commissioner in 1993 by Bill Clinton. Since then, Schapiro served on and eventually headed... More »

MORE ABOUT:
SEC • Ronald Reagan • George HW Bush • mortgage backed securities • NYSE Euronext • securities fraud • financial crisis • President Obama • Mary Schapiro

Obama Picks First Woman
to Lead SEC

Veteran regulator
Mary Schapiro will
take over agency

Dec 17, 08 5:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has made his pick for a new leader of the SEC, currently under siege for its failure to detect the massive fraud of Bernard Madoff, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama is expected to announce tomorrow that Mary Schapiro—a former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission—... More »

MORE ABOUT:
SEC • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • Mary Schapiro

11 Stories


from our news partners