SEC Just Now Seeking Key Information On Meltdown
This story is part of an ongoing investigation with NPR's Planet Money.
Almost three years since banks started taking losses t … more…
On the Way Out, the SEC Chief’s Non-Mea Culpa
He presided during the collapse of the investment banking system and the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, but according to head of t … more…
SEC Culpa!
Yesterday, we ran through the reasons why the SEC might have missed Bernard Madoff’s long-running Ponzi scheme. SEC Chair Christopher … more…
The Gutting of the SEC
We have heard plenty about how deregulation contributed to the market crisis. Far less noted is what might be called de-supervision. … more…
Fraud Suits in the Pipeline Face High Burden of Proof
Investors who lost their savings in the financial meltdown will have a hard time recovering their money by suing companies for fraud. … more…
‘Flawed’ SEC Program Failed to Rein in Investment Banks
The Securities and Exchange Commission last week abolished the special regulatory program that it applied to Wall Street's largest in … more…
June 02, 2009
Cox Questioned Fannie, Freddie Oversight in Last Days at SEC Dawn Kopecki, Bloomberg, June 02, 2009
June 01, 2009
In Cox Years at SEC, Policies Undercut Action Zachary A. Goldfarb, Washington Post, June 01, 2009
May 06, 2009
GAO: SEC Hindered Probes, Slowed Cases, Shrank Fines Jesse Westbrook and David Scheer, Bloomberg, May 06, 2009
March 02, 2009
The Inside Story on the Breakdown at the SEC Adam Zagorin and Michael Weisskopf, Time, March 02, 2009
December 24, 2008
SEC Inaction That Helped Fuel Madoff Scheme Greg Farrell, Financial Times ($), December 24, 2008
SEC Chair Defends His Restraint Amit R. Paley and David S. Hilzenrath, Washington Post, December 24, 2008
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