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Specialization Key to SEC Enforcement Division Overhaul
securitiesdocket.com - 5/5/2009
Specialization Key to SEC Enforcement Division Overhaul
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by Bruce Carton In a column last month, I noted the arrival of a new Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement director, Robert Khuzami (pictured below). I suggested that Khuzami had to hit the ground running and discussed the flood of suggestions from within the SEC and from the outside ...
bloomberg.com - 5/2/2009
SEC Chief Schapiro Wants Authority to Make Hedge-Fund Rules
— bloomberg.com — May 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should be given authority to regulate what... hedge funds can buy and how much money they can borrow to maximize bets because registration falls short of what’s needed to police the $1.33 ... (more) SEC Chief Schapiro Wants Authority to Make Hedge-Fund Rules

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bloomberg.com - 5/3/2009
SEC’s Schapiro Wants Power to Make Hedge-Fund Rules (Correct)
— bloomberg.com — (Corrects first paragraph to remove reference to SEC seeking authority over what hedge funds can buy and... borrow in story published May 2.) May 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should be given more authority over hedge funds ... (more) SEC’s Schapiro Wants Power to Make Hedge-Fund Rules ...

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SEC Squanders a Shot at Reform
online.wsj.com - 5/7/2009
SEC Squanders a Shot at Reform
— online.wsj.com — Give the financial crisis credit for at least one good thing: it exposed the Securities and Exchange... Commission. From systemic risk to Bernie Madoff, the failure of the SEC is now an accepted truth on Wall Street. The commission not only whiffed on ... (more) SEC Squanders a Shot at Reform

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