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SEC Proposals Related to Market Structure
The Commission has proposed four separate rules related to market structure that are now open for public comment.
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SEC Proposes Rule to Prohibit Conflicts of Interest in Certain Securitizations
The Commission has proposed a rule intended to prevent the sale of asset-backed securities tainted by material conflicts of interest.
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Office Hours with Gary Gensler: SEC's Best Execution Proposal

The SEC's proposed Regulation Best Execution, which would establish through Commission rules a best execution regulatory framework for brokers, dealers, government securities brokers, government securities dealers, and municipal securities dealers. Our latst Office Hours explains more. 

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Financial Readiness for 2023

The SEC and U.S. Army held a discussion on how military members and their families can improve their financial readiness and build wealth in 2023.
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The SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issues Investor Alerts & Bulletins as a service to investors. Investor Alerts typically warn investors about the latest investment frauds and scams. Investor Bulletins tend to educate investors about investment-related topics including the functions of the SEC.

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The Ombudsman will listen to your inquiries, complaints, and issues, review the information you provide, and help identify procedures, options, and resources. The Ombudsman is also available to clarify certain SEC decisions, policies, and practices, and serve as an alternate channel of communication between retail investors and the SEC.

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2022 OASB Annual Report

OASB has delivered its 2022 annual report to Congress and the Commission. The report details how entrepreneurs and investors are building companies together from startups to small public companies.
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The SEC’s FinHub facilitates our active engagement with innovators, developers, and entrepreneurs of financial technology.

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Making Wall Street work for Main Street means getting your input. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to hear from you! We want your input on proposals and other pertinent issues and topics. We want to know what information is important to you, the investor.
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Check out updates on the SEC open data program, including best practices that make it more efficient to download data.

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Money Market Fund Statistics

Our Investment Management Analytics Office released an updated Money Market Fund Statistics report. The report reflects staff’s compilation and analysis of data reported to the Commission on Form N-MFP.

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SEC Enhances Access to Financial Disclosure Data

The SEC has released Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that aggregate financial statement data, making corporate disclosures quicker and easier for developers and third-party services to use. APIs will allow developers to create web or mobile apps that directly serve retail investors.