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    The SEC protects investors, promotes fairness in the securities markets, and shares information about companies and investment professionals to help investors make informed decisions and invest with confidence.

Enforcement results FY22
Enforcement Results for FY22
The SEC filed 760 enforcement actions that ordered a record $6.4 billion in penalties and disgorgement from wrongdoers.
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Q&A with SEC American Indian Heritage Committee Chair Matthew Archer-Beck
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, the SEC spotlights Matthew Archer-Beck.
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Office Hours with Gary Gensler: Cybersecurity and Cyber Hygiene in the Financial Sector

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is working on cybersecurity and cyber hygiene policy around public issuers’ incident reporting and on data privacy in relation to the financial sector.
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Strategic Plan

Through the goals laid out in its new Strategic Plan, the SEC will continue to bring a skilled and steady hand to the capital markets of a changing world.
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Investor Alerts & Bulletins

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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Ombudsman

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.

We Facilitate Capital Formation

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Capital Raising

The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and the Division of Corporation Finance’s Office of Small Business Policy launched an expanded Capital Raising Hub, which includes all of the SEC’s small business educational resources for entrepreneurs and their investors.
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FinHub

The SEC’s FinHub facilitates our active engagement with innovators, developers, and entrepreneurs of financial technology.

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Office of the Whistleblower

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We Regulate Securities Markets

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Tell us about your experience

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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Developer Resources

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.

Latest Data Sets

  • Company Information About Active Broker-Dealers
    This text file contains the Central Index Key (CIK) numbers, company names, SEC reporting file numbers, and addresses (business addresses are provided when mailing addresses are not available) of active broker-dealers who are registered with the SEC.
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  • Financial Statement and Notes Data Sets
    The data sets provide the text and detailed numeric information in all financial statements and their notes extracted from exhibits to corporate financial reports filed with the Commission using eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).
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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.