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SEC Response to COVID-19

See the overview of selected SEC response efforts to COVID-19.

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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.

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Avoiding Financial Scams - COVID-19 and Beyond: A Teletown Hall, July 22, 2020

Check Out This Atlanta Regional Office Virtual Event

Learn about potential scams during the COVID-19 pandemic and the most common tricks fraudsters use. This virtual event on July 22 is free and open to the public.

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Understanding the New Relationship Summary With Your Financial Professional

Investors have a new tool when choosing a financial professional. This relationship summary document, known as Form CRS, provides important information about services, fees, and much more in one convenient place.

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Protecting Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing and Hearing Loss Communities from Investment Scams

This video shows how a fraud takes place from the point of view of a man from the deaf and hard or hearing community who was defrauded by someone they thought they could trust.

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Attention Teachers

As teachers prepare to go back to school, the SEC wants to make sure they’re also prepared to make informed investment decisions. Check out our page dedicated exclusively to educators and their financial success.

Latest News

SEC Charges Hertz’s Former CEO With Aiding and Abetting Company’s Financial Reporting and Disclosure Violations
Aug. 13, 2020
Advisory Firm Settles Charges of Defrauding Investors, Agrees to Refund Allegedly Ill-Gotten Gains to Harmed Clients
Aug. 13, 2020
SEC Charges Issuer and CEO With Misrepresenting Platform Technology in Fraudulent ICO
Aug. 13, 2020
Deputy Chief Accountant Marc Panucci to Leave SEC
Aug. 12, 2020
SEC Charges Interactive Brokers With Repeatedly Failing to File Suspicious Activity Reports
Aug. 10, 2020

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Advance Fee Fraud
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Variable Annuities

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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.

Updated Investor Bulletin: Indexed Annuities
July 31, 2020
Tips for Teachers: Investing for Retirement -- Investor Bulletin
July 28, 2020
Broadly Advertised Investments – Investor Alert
July 14, 2020

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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

FinHub

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

Small Business

Check out our new Small Biz site, with info to help companies that want to raise capital.

Public and Private Sector Experts Collaborate at Annual Forum
Check out the event highlights as well as keynote addresses from well-known leaders in the entrepreneurial community.
Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets
The SEC’s Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets provide a quarterly look at offerings that rely on the Regulation Crowdfunding

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Office of the Whistleblower

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Latest Federal Court Actions

Litigation Releases

Ross BarishAug 13, 2020
Sean R. Stewart et al.Aug 13, 2020
Dale Tenhulzen et al.Aug 13, 2020
Brendan M. RossAug 11, 2020
Vu Anh Nguyen, et al.Aug 11, 2020

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Administrative Releases

Milan K. Patel, Esq.Aug 14, 2020
Brian Dee Matlock, CPAAug 13, 2020
Garrett GaylorAug 13, 2020
SCF Investment Advisors, Inc.Aug 13, 2020
Kelvin Boon, LLC and Rajesh PavithranAug 13, 2020

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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 proposed rules and want to know what information is important to you, the investor.

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We Provide Data

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.
Updated Aug. 2020
Information About Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers
The Investment Adviser Information Reports' data is collected from electronic submissions of Form ADV by investment adviser firms to the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD) system.
Updated Aug. 2020

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Office of Structured Disclosure

The SEC's Office of Structured Disclosure is working to make financial reports more accessible and easy to use.