SEC Issues Plan to Standardize Governance Rules for Exchanges
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Ten US stock markets, including the New York Stock Exchange, would be required to file quarterly reports with regulators and maintain a majority of independent directors under a plan published by the agency today.
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WASHINGTON: Hedge fund advisers will have to register with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and submit to examinations under a new rule approved on Tuesday in a 3-2 vote by the market-policing agency.
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Hedge fund advisers will have to register with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and submit to examinations under a new rule approved in a 3-2 vote by the market-policing agency on Tuesday.
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The U.S. presidential election in November could force change at the top of the Securities and Exchange Commission and help decide the fate of a reform effort to give shareholders more boardroom power.
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Description: A divided Securities and Exchange Commission will likely approve new regulations governing the hedge fund industry. Under the rules, all but the smallest hedge funds would be required to register with federal regulators.
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The U.S. Congress asked the Securities and Exchange Commission on Saturday to send lawmakers a report justifying a new rule forcing mutual fund boards to have independent chairmen.
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SEC seems determined to move toward an international standard.
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A deeply divided SEC voted Tuesday to mandate new oversight for hedge funds -- largely unregulated investment pools, traditionally for the wealthy, that have become popular with small investors.
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The S.E.C. plans to make it easier for foreign companies to withdraw their securities from U.S. markets, so long as those securities primarily trade overseas.
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Securities regulators yesterday voted to overhaul a corporate rule covering financial risks, reacting to intense pressure from Congress and years of criticism from industry groups who claim the directive proved too expensive and burdensome.
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Accounting regulators adopted rules yesterday requiring publicly traded companies to treat the stock options they give to employees as normal business expenses.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration plans to review the regulatory system for financial institutions, with the goal of making changes to better reflect modern markets.
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The U.S. Congress asked the  Securities and Exchange Commission on Saturday to send  lawmakers a report justifying a new rule forcing mutual fund  boards to have independent chairmen.
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The US is to review financial market rules, to ensure that they do not harm the nation's ability to compete globally.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission voted 3-2 on Tuesday to adopt a rule that for the  first time will require hedge fund advisers to register with  the agency and submit to SEC examinations.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously proposed  rules yesterday that would require a majority of board members at the nation's stock exchanges to be independent from management, and compel exchanges to disclose how much they pay their  five top executives.
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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.