Our Transparency Tracker Notices New SEC ‘Open’ Page
Update Jan. 28, 2010 4:55pm EST: Links to the datasets on the SEC's open page are broken.
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Listen In: ProPublica Reporters on NPR
On Wednesday, ProPublica and NPR's Planet Money announced an ongoing investigation into the inner workings of Wall Street during the … more…
SEC Letters Outline “Informal Inquiry” into California Pension Deals
The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking detailed financial information from two members of the Los Angeles Fire and Police … more…
Quick Picks: SEC Looks to Nail Boards
Quick Picks focuses on a select few of the day's stories from "Breaking on the Web."
A former British resident who claims he … more…Quick Picks: Stanford’s D.C. Ties and ICE’s Potential Lies
Quick Picks focuses on a select few of the day's stories from "Breaking on the Web."
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Agencies Move to Restrict FOIA Access in Last-Minute Regs
This story was co-published with the Columbia Journalism Review.
As one of the most secretive presidential administrations in hist … 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…
Help Us Name Names in Siemens Corruption Scandal
This story was co-published with MSN Money.
Get ready for the Siemens World Corruption Tour, 2001-2008. Siemens pleaded guilty last … more…
Madoff’s ‘Booster Rocket’
Fairfield Greenwich Group has billed itself as an innocent victim of Bernie Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme. Yet today's Ne … more…
SEC Report: Employees Browsed Porn, Ran Private Businesses
The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking a drubbing these days for its abject failure―despite detailed tips―to catch Bern … more…
Obama Regulatory Pick Blocked Influence of Agency He’ll Now Head
In the midst of a stream of financial scandals and regulatory failures, President-elect Barack Obama announced the nomination of two … more…
The World Wide Web of Siemens’s Corruption
‘The World’s Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud’
It just keeps getting worse for the SEC. Documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal show the agency was downright lethargic in inv … 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…
Why the SEC Missed Madoff’s Con
Bernard Madoff's firm managed $17.1 billion in assets, he declared this past January in his investment adviser filing with the SEC. H … more…
Losses Unknown From Madoff’s ‘One Big Lie’
Bernard Madoff, a Wall Street kingpin who'd once been the chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market, was arrested yesterday. The reason, as … more…
Why Is Cuban Facing a Fine When Martha Faced the Slammer?
With Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban facing civil insider-trading charges (PDF) from the SEC, we got to wondering what it takes for … 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…
SEC Oversight of Investment Banks Was in Shambles
Four years ago, the SEC made what appears to be a fateful decision. As ProPublica and others have reported, the commission exempted m … more…
March 04, 2010
Mass. Scam Cost Investors $3.5m, SEC Says Todd Wallack, Boston Globe, March 04, 2010
February 23, 2010
Judge Accepts S.E.C.‘s Deal With Bank of America Louise Story, New York Times, February 23, 2010
February 09, 2010
S.E.C. Enforcers Focus on Avoiding Madoff Repeat Jenny Anderson, New York Times, February 09, 2010
February 05, 2010
State Street Charged Under Subprime Larry Light, Jane J. Kim, Amir Efrati, Wall Street Journal ($), February 05, 2010
January 12, 2010
SEC Order Helps Maintain AIG Bailout Mystery Matthew Goldstein, Reuters, January 12, 2010
December 30, 2009
SEC Chief Tempers, Defers Rules In Face of Wall Street Opposition Jesse Westbrook, Bloomberg, December 30, 2009
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