Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The heavy hand of the SEC-Ed Waitzer
The SEC has concluded its campaign to stop auditors undertaking consultingwork for clients. Despite the cease-fire, the "rancorous, wasteful and damaging"fight has alienated the profession and undermined self-regulation, for littlediscernible benefit,…
Interview: Walter Shipley
Walter Shipley, recently retired chairman of Chase Manhattan/J.P Morgan, has justchaired a working group on public disclosure aimed at investigating howdisclosure by large US banks and securities firms could be improved. He spoketo Central Banking's…
SEC eyes tougher options rules
US securities regulators are close to proposing tougher new rules over the disclosure and approval of stock option plans by US companies. By John Labate in New York, The Financial Times.
Belgium seeks financial market regulatory reform
Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders proposed on Tuesday a reform of the country's financial market regulatory system which would strengthen the power of government regulators and harmonise oversight of stock exchanges.