X-Nico

4 unusual facts about U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission


John S.R. Shad

John S.R. Shad (1923–1994), served as chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1981 and 1987.

NSAR

Form N-SAR of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), required to be filed semiannually by investment companies (mutual funds, among others).

Oswaldo López Arellano

In 1975, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission exposed a scheme by United Brands Company to bribe President López with US$1.25 million, with the promise of another $1.25 million upon the reduction of certain banana export taxes.

William L. Cary

William Lucius Cary (1910–1983) served as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1961 and 1964.


2003 mutual fund scandal

Spitzer and later the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also charged that major mutual fund groups such as Janus, Bank One's One Group, and Strong Capital Management and others facilitated "market timing" trading for favored clients.

Agora Financial

In the investigations following 9/11, the SEC determined that an unusual number of investors had purchased put options on American Airlines immediately prior to September 11, 2001.

Elisse B. Walter

Walter holds a Democratic seat on the Commission, succeeding Annette Nazareth, who left the SEC in January 2008 to work in private practice.

Howard Opinsky

Mr. Greenberg fought a highly publicized battle to maintain his reputation amid a civil lawsuit from New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer and investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

IdeaPlane

With expertise in compliance, IdeaPlane's platform was tailored to keep companies compliant with the regulations set forth by organizations like the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Financial Services Authority and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Louis L. Stanton

Judge Stanton is the judge in the civil complaint filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Bernard Madoff.

Margaret Heffernan

Examining examples of willful blindness in the Catholic Church, the SEC, Nazi Germany, Bernard Madoff’s investors, BP’s safety record, the military in Afghanistan and the dog-eat-dog world of subprime mortgage lenders, the book demonstrates how failing to see—or admit to ourselves or our colleagues—the issues and problems in plain sight can ruin private lives and bring down corporations.

SEC Office of the Whistleblower

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had an established Bounty (reward) program for more than 20 years that was designed to reward whistleblowers for insider trading tips and complaints, an Office of the Inspector General's 2013 report found there were very few payments made under the program and the Commission received very few applications from individuals seeking a bounty.

Tanger Outlets The Walk

A document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Tanger Properties Limited Partnership agreed to acquire "substantially all of the economic interests" in two outlet properties from Cordish Co. entities, which includes The Walk and another Cordish property in Ocean City, Maryland.

United States Court for China

Charles S. Lobingier (1914–1924) - law professor, former Judge of the Philippine Court of First Instance and later member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Walter E. Heller

Heller Financial was purchased by GE Capital during the 2000s, sparking an insider trading investigation by the SEC when Pequot Capital Management was found to have made $18 million profit in one month in speculative purchases of massive quantities of shares just prior to Heller Financial's purchase by GE.


see also

Khuzami

Robert Khuzami (born 1956), director of the Division of Enforcement of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and former United States federal prosecutor and general counsel of Deutsche Bank AG

Paul Atkins

Paul S. Atkins, former commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Richard Walker

Richard H. Walker, general counsel at Deutsche Bank and former Enforcement Director, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

William Cary

William L. Cary (1910–1983), Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission