Analysis: The owners of Greater Vancouver homes with a median value of $3.7 million pay income taxes of just $15,800 – which is exceedingly low for North American cities
The SEC has now proposed a rule to conflicts of Interest into effect Section 27B of the Securities Act of 1933, which Section 621 of the Dodd-Frank Act added. As such, the rule’s goal is to forestall the distribution of asset-backed securities
Silvestre A. Fontes will take over the Boston regional office of the SEC as Regional Director beginning the week of April 8. A report on Silvestre Fontes The two men who have been running the region as acting co-directors, John Dugan and
In an effort to strengthen and update its ethics compliance program, the Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new modifications to its ethics regulations. All agency employees, as well as their wives and young children, are subject to the most strict ethics
The agenda for next week’s meeting of the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee of the Securities and Exchange Commission was posted today. Meeting of Advisory Committee report The Committee will review the role of equity research for smaller public businesses and
The Securities and Exchange Commission released a staff study discussing the current conditions of competition, transparency, and conflicts of interest among nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs). Staff report overview SEC Chair Gary Gensler has noted that the Office of Credit Ratings’
The Securities and Exchange Commission said that Activision Blizzard Inc., a company that makes and sells video games, has agreed to pay $35 million to settle charges that it didn’t have controls and procedures in place to make sure that the company
In order to fill a position on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) that will open up in October, the Securities and Exchange Commission has begun the selection process. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Applicant This appointment to the PCAOB will
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has a vacancy that will become effective in October, and the Securities and Exchange Commission has announced the beginning of the selection process to fill the position. SEC’s Steps The term for the PCAOB appointment
Kraken, a company owned by Payward Ventures, Inc., and Payward Trading Ltd., has been SEC charged with failing to register the offer and sale of its crypto asset staking-as-a-service program. This program allows investors to transfer their crypto assets to Kraken in
Defendant Kirchner stole over $28 million from investors and used the money to support his extravagant lifestyle. Scam on Former CEO ofSlync Slync, Inc., a privately held software company based in Texas, had its co-founder and former CEO, Christopher S. Kirchner, charged