February 18, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission released new guidelines making it easier for corporations to block votes on shareholder proposals at their annual meetings. Under the new policy, regulators will determine whether a proposal affects at least 5% of a company’s …
February 12, 2025
The acting chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday signaled the regulator may roll back a controversial rule requiring thousands of public companies to disclose the threats their businesses face from risks related to the climate and …
February 10, 2025
A day after the Trump administration sent a missive to all federal employees inviting them to resign, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s acting boss, Mark Uyeda, addressed staff in a packed auditorium at its Washington headquarters. In his opening …
January 14, 2025
Online trading firm Robinhood Markets has agreed to pay $45 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges over record keeping, trade reporting and other rule violations, the regulator said on Monday. Regulators found Robinhood Securities LLC and Robinhood …
October 22, 2024
The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal that sought to give the president control over agencies that have long operated independently, potentially including the Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission. The appeal, pressed by two research …
August 21, 2024
Wall Street’s top regulator on Tuesday voted 3-2 to bless new rules making it easier for an audit watchdog to hold people responsible for audit firms’ violations. Divided along party lines, the five-member U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a …
August 15, 2024
Another group of broker-dealer and investment advisers has agreed to pay over $470 million to U.S. regulators to settle civil charges they violated recordkeeping rules, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission said in statements on …
February 23, 2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has removed some of its most ambitious greenhouse gas emission disclosure requirements from corporate climate risk rules it is preparing to adopt, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The SEC has …
February 12, 2024
A new group of Wall Street firms has agreed to pay more than $81 million in civil penalties to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges of record-keeping failures, the regulator said on Friday. The settlements with broker-dealers and investment …
February 12, 2024
A federal judge ordered Elon Musk to testify again in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s probe of his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, giving the regulator and the billionaire a week to agree on a date and location for …