SEC Adopts Compensation Recovery Listing Standards and Disclosure Rules


SEC Adopts Compensation Recovery Listing Standards and Disclosure Rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rules to require securities exchanges to adopt listing standards that require issuers to develop and implement a policy providing for the recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation…

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SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Fund Shareholder Reports and Promote Transparent Fee- and Expense-Related Information in Fund Advertisements


SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Fund Shareholder Reports and Promote Transparent Fee- and Expense-Related Information in Fund Advertisements
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted today to adopt rule and form amendments to require mutual funds and exchange-traded funds to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports and to promote transparent and balanced presentations of…

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SEC Updates List of Firms Using Inaccurate Information to Solicit Investors


SEC Updates List of Firms Using Inaccurate Information to Solicit Investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it updated its list of unregistered entities that use misleading information to solicit primarily non-U.S. investors, adding 35 soliciting entities, four impersonators of genuine firms, and four…

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SEC Proposes New Oversight Requirements for Certain Services Outsourced by Investment Advisers


SEC Proposes New Oversight Requirements for Certain Services Outsourced by Investment Advisers
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed a new rule and rule amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to prohibit registered investment advisers from outsourcing certain services and functions without conducting due diligence and…

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SEC Charges Canadian Cannabis Company and Former Senior Executive with Accounting Fraud


SEC Charges Canadian Cannabis Company and Former Senior Executive with Accounting Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Cronos Group Inc., a Nasdaq-listed cannabis company based in Toronto, for improperly accounting for millions of dollars of revenue and for other accounting misconduct in multiple reporting periods. The…

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SEC Names Jason J. Burt as Regional Director of the Denver Office


SEC Names Jason J. Burt as Regional Director of the Denver Office
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Jason J. Burt has been named Regional Director of the Denver Office, where he has served as Acting Co-Director since July. “I am pleased that Jason will head the Denver Regional Office after an…

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SEC Charges Mattel with Financial Misstatements and Former PwC Audit Partner with Improper Professional Conduct


SEC Charges Mattel with Financial Misstatements and Former PwC Audit Partner with Improper Professional Conduct
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that California-based Mattel Inc. has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle charges relating to misstatements in its third and fourth quarter 2017 financial statements. Separately, the SEC is…

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SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Modernize How Broker-Dealers Preserve Electronic Records and Enhance the Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements for Security-Based Swap Entities


SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Modernize How Broker-Dealers Preserve Electronic Records and Enhance the Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements for Security-Based Swap Entities
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt amendments to the electronic recordkeeping, prompt production of records, and third-party recordkeeping service requirements applicable to broker-dealers, security-based swap dealers (SBSDs),…

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