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Elon Musk charged with securities fraud

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... about taking Tesla private have seen him charged with securities fraud by the US regulator. The Securities and Exchange Commission is also seeking court approval to stop Musk from serving as an officer or a director of a public company. The matter relates ...

ASIC tightens grip on ICO issuers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... regulator has been going after ICOs that don't meet regulatory requirements. In December, the US Securities and Exchange Commission stepped up to halt the ICO of a blockchain meal review app Munchee that sought to raise $15 million. SEC argued Munchee's ...

US regulator to extend fiduciary rule

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... confusion around the differing standards to which different industry professionals are held. The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing to enhance the quality and transparency of investors' relationships with investment advisers and brokers ...

Credit Suisse under investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other civil statutes. The Department of Justice and the US Securities and Exchange Commission are among those investigating whether Credit Suisse hired referrals from government agencies and other state-owned entities ...

SEC cracks down on fee transparency

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it will crackdown on financial product providers' fee disclosures the year ahead in a bid to protect mum and dad investors. The SEC made it clear that one of its main priorities this year is ...

Bitcoin bubble will burst in 2018: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... illegally in violation of existing laws - raises investor protection concerns," IOSCO said. The US Securities and Exchange Commission also issued a stern warning to the asset management industry about the growth in cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency-related ...

Industry rolls out anti-sexual harassment ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... index provider Equileap and Dallas-based investment manager Impact Shares. Filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission shows the fund is aiming to measure the performance of large caps of US$2 billion that are "empowering to women." The companies ...

AllianceBernstein slashes retail fees

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... leader in the conversation about changing fee models in active management, referring to the Securities and Exchange Commission's recent approval in the US of six AB funds with a new performance-based fee structure. It's a similar approach to the one ...

MetLife restructures US and UK operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... 2016 and Brighthouse Financial was registered in October 2016 via a Form 10 filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. At the time of the announcement MetLife said it was continuing to "evaluate and pursue structural alternatives for the planned ...

Robo-advisers expected to meet fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... the US will be subject to the same fiduciary obligations as regular human advisers, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has said. According to reports the new chairman of the SEC, Jay Clayton, is directing the SEC Division of Investment Management ...