On March 4, the Securities and Exchange Commission published notice that The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (NASDAQ) had filed a proposed new rule that would require each NASDAQ-listed issuer to maintain an internal audit function....more
3/26/2013
- Internal Audit Functions Nasdaq SEC
On March 12, Mary Jo White, President Obama’s nominee to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, appeared at her confirmation hearing before the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs....more
3/19/2013
- Confirmation Proceedings Mary Jo White SEC
Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission have recently given several speeches in which they expressed their views (sometimes inconsistent) as to investor protection and disclosure to investors in SEC filings....more
3/6/2013
- Disclosure Requirements Investors SEC
On February 5, the Securities and Exchange Commission hosted a roundtable discussion regarding the impact that decimal-based pricing increments (i.e., decimalization), which replaced fraction-based tick sizes in 2001, has had...more
2/12/2013
- Decimalization Roundtable SEC