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SEC Honors Veterans and Service Members for Veterans Day

The SEC honored the service and sacrifice of veterans and current service members of the U.S. military in observance of Veterans Day.

Atlanta’s Entrepreneurs Share their Stories and Expertise

SEC and Morehouse College co-hosted a first-of-its-kind event, featuring conversations with minority entrepreneurs and investors on overcoming barriers and sharing business successes.

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Modernizing the Rule Governing Quotations for Over-the-Counter Securities (Rule 15c2-11)

The SEC proposed amendments to modernize the rule that broker-dealers must comply with before quoting securities in the over-the-counter market– or OTC market, including changes to increase the availability of information about over-the-counter companies.

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DERA Quarterly Economic and Risk Outlook Nov 2019

The Division of Economic Risk Analysis (DERA) has issued its inaugural quarterly report, which touches on a variety of topics such as macroeconomic indicators, monetary policy and interest rates, financial market signals, market segments and research on collateralized loan obligations.

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SEC Obtains Touting and Fraud Judgment Against Colorado Cannabis Stock
Dec. 9, 2019
SEC Charges Multinational Telecommunications Company With FCPA Violations
Dec. 6, 2019
SEC Charges Trucking Executives With Accounting Fraud
Dec. 5, 2019
SEC Releases Report on 38th Annual Small Business Forum
Dec. 5, 2019
SEC Charges Iconix Brand Group and Former Top Executives With Accounting Fraud
Dec. 5, 2019

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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.

Beware of Spoofed Websites Offering Phony Certificates of Deposit – Investor Alert
Oct. 23, 2019
Don’t Buy Into an Investment Scam – Investor Alert
Oct. 10, 2019
Don’t Fall for an Investment Scam – Investor Alert
Oct. 10, 2019

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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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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.

Remarks to the 38th Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation
Chairman Jay Clayton’s remarks at the event, held in Omaha, Nebraska, highlighted small businesses raising capital.
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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Litigation Releases

Iconix Brand Group, Inc., Neil R. Cole and Seth HorowitzDec 5, 2019
Lester BurroughsDec 5, 2019
SBB Research Group LLC, et al.Dec 4, 2019
NIT Enterprises, Inc., et al.Nov 29, 2019
MiMedx Group, Inc., Parker H. Petit, William C. Taylor, and Michael J. SenkenNov 26, 2019

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Jatindar Kapur, CPADec 5, 2019
Warren Clamen, CPADec 5, 2019
Raymon Holmdahl, CPADec 4, 2019
Bethany LiouDec 2, 2019
Cynthia Holder, CPANov 29, 2019

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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 proposed rules and 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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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 Dec. 2019
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 Dec. 2019

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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.