Small investors to get bigger megaphone at SEC

By Jeremy Borden

For the average Main Street investor, the roots of the 2008 financial collapse remain murky. The impact, though, was not: houses foreclosed,

Time to update SEC disclosure requirements, agency official says in defending budget

By Julie Vorman

Senior Securities and Exchange Commission officials today defended the agency’s request for a $264 million budget increase in fiscal 2012, s

Financial Reform — Week of April 25

By Julie Vorman

Your guide to financial reform law events during the week of April 25
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Counting on a new accounting

By Marianne Lavelle

It has to be one of the more obscure subjects ever addressed in a news release from a major presidential campaign. John McCain — who two wee

Excerpts from this story referencing "Christopher Cox":

"… s ago called for the ouster of Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox — now is praising the agency. Why? Its decision on Tuesday “to relax m …"

"… the accounting rule entirely.Schuetze himself wrote a note to SEC Chairman Christopher Cox last month, warning that such a move would be “disastrous” because it …"

Oversight fails to keep pace with a changed market

By The Center for Public Integrity

Risky trades expand quickly with no oversight from SEC

Excerpts from this story referencing "Christopher Cox":

"… ulation of credit-default swaps. Meanwhile earlier this fall, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox urged Congress to pass legislation that would regulate credit-default swap …"

SEC allows investment banks to go unregulated

By The Center for Public Integrity

Failure by the Securities and Exchange Commission to properly oversee investment banks puts the public at risk

Excerpts from this story referencing "Christopher Cox":

"… was asleep at the switch was on clear display in March, when its chairman, Christopher Cox, declared he felt “a good deal of comfort” about investment banks’ c …"

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How credit raters fended off oversight from Congress and SEC

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Sen. Schumer flip-flopped his position on credit ratings agencies

Excerpts from this story referencing "Christopher Cox":

"… n April 2006, Schumer, the New York Democrat, questioned then-SEC Chairman Christopher Cox about showing “sensitivity” to the companies’ First Amendment rights …"