SEC Eases Path for Companies to Nix Shareholder Proposals February 18, 2025 By Lydia Beyoud The Securities and Exchange Commission released new guidelines making it easier for corporations to block votes on shareholder proposals at...
US SEC Will Not Defend Climate Rule in Court February 12, 2025 By Isla Binnie, Virginia Furness and Jonathan Stempel The acting chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday signaled the regulator may roll back a controversial...
SEC Starts Shifting Agency’s Focus as Job Cut Threat Spooks Staff February 10, 2025 By Chris Prentice, Douglas Gillison and Lawrence Delevingne A day after the Trump administration sent a missive to all federal employees inviting them to resign, the U.S. Securities...
Robinhood to Pay $45 Million to Settle SEC Charges January 14, 2025 Online trading firm Robinhood Markets has agreed to pay $45 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges over...
Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Let President Fire Independent Agency Leaders October 22, 2024 By Greg Stohr The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal that sought to give the president control over agencies that have...
Wall Street Regulator Approves Tougher Rules for Accounting ‘Negligence’ August 21, 2024 By Douglas Gillison Wall Street’s top regulator on Tuesday voted 3-2 to bless new rules making it easier for an audit watchdog to...
Wall Street Firms to Pay $470 Million to Settle With US Regulators Over Texting 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...
SEC Drops Some Emissions Disclosure Requirements From Draft Climate Rules February 23, 2024 By Chris Prentice, Isla Binnie, Jarrett Renshaw and Douglas Gillison The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has removed some of its most ambitious greenhouse gas emission disclosure requirements from...
SEC Hits More Wall Street Firms With $81M in Fines Over Record-Keeping February 12, 2024 By Chris Prentice A new group of Wall Street firms has agreed to pay more than $81 million in civil penalties to settle...
Judge Orders Elon Musk to Testify in SEC’s Twitter Probe February 12, 2024 By Jody Godoy A federal judge ordered Elon Musk to testify again in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s probe of his $44...