FINRA 2008-11-17: Life of an Equity Trade

This podcast, an audio version of a FINRA webcast, provides an overview of the equity trading process. It describes the path of an equity trade from order through entry, execution and settlement. It also highlights several important equity trading rules. Hosts: Kenneth Edward Piner and Kristy Salsbury; Producer: Kenneth Edward Piner.Read full story

Synovus Selected to Participate in U.S. Treasury Capital Purchase Program

The final approval is subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including approval by Synovus ” shareholders of amendments to the company ” s articles of incorporation and bylaws to allow Synovus to issue …Read full story

SEC Endorses Nasdaq-Led Symbol Reservation Plan

Topix SEC NewsResponding to calls for a unified process, the Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a plan for U.S. equities exchanges to reserve, select and allocate securities symbols.Read full story

SEC Prevails In Trial Against Michael W. Crow For Unlawfully Controlling Registered Broker-Dealer

Court Orders Defendants to Pay Total of $8.8 Million Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2008 - The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York …Read full story

Bush, G20 asked to support accounting independence

Topix SEC NewsThe chairman of the body that oversees U.S. accounting rulemakers has asked U.S. President George W. Bush and the Group of 20 summit to support the independence of global accounting standard-setters. In a …Read full story

Feldman Mall in deal to sell 3 malls

Great Neck-based Feldman Mall Properties , fighting the weak economy for more than a year now, announced a potential deal to sell three of its malls to a real-estate investment firm for $9.1 million.Read full story

November 14, 2008, issue

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FINRA 2008-11-10: Leadership Series: Managing Risk in Today’s Market

Grace Vogel, FINRA’s EVP of Member Regulation, discusses managing risk in today’s market. Producer: Kenneth Edward Piner.Read full story

SEC Charges North Carolina Resident, Biltmore Financial Group For…

Topix SEC NewsThe Securities and Exchange Commission today charged North Carolina resident J.V. Huffman and his company, Biltmore Financial Group, Inc., with securities fraud for conducting a Ponzi scheme where more than $25 …Read full story

BankAtlantic, Downey Hit by Setbacks

Topix SEC NewsBankAtlantic Bancorp didn’t specifically say it had applied to raise capital by issuing preferred shares to the Treasury through the Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP.Read full story

Capital Corp of the West Files Form 12b-25 for Additional Time…

Topix SEC NewsThis is a formal notice filed with the SEC as a condition to obtaining additional time to prepare and file the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter.Read full story

Time Warner Cable Prices a $2 Billion Debt Offering

Time Warner Cable Inc. today announced that it has priced a $ 2 billion underwritten public offering of debt securities, including $750 million aggregate principal amount of 8 1 4 % notes due 2014 and $1.25 …Read full story

Blue Coat Stays In Style

The SEC settled with the network security company after examining its stock-option practices.Read full story

November 10, 2008, issue

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November 12, 2008, issue

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November 13, 2008, issue

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White to depart SEC corporate finance unit

Topix SEC NewsSecurities and Exchange Commission John White, director of the Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission, will leave the agency at the end of the year, the SEC announced today.Read full story

SEC May Finally Publish IFRS Roadmap

The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to publish the long-delayed roadmap for transitioning to International Financial Reporting Standards on Friday.Read full story

SEC judge says agency did not fail in duties

Topix SEC NewsA Securities and Exchange Commission judge found little evidence to support a report that the agency failed to enforce the law in a 2003 investigation into Bear Stearns pricing of debt, according to an …Read full story

Congress likely to change bank rules

Topix SEC NewsAs George Miller welcomed 60 bankers to the chandeliered Charlotte City Club one evening in September, the focus was on more than the recent bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.Read full story

Agents: SEC oversight not needed for EIAs

Topix SEC NewsInsurance agents are blasting a controversial Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to classify equity index annuities as securities.Read full story

November 7, 2008, issue

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FINRA 2008-11-04: FINRA October 2008 Monthly Recap

Revisit the latest Notices, compliance resources and news from October 2008. Hosts: Kenneth Edward Piner and Kristy Salsbury. Producer: Kenneth Edward Piner.Read full story

SEC to Waive Investment Advisor Fee

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the North American Securities Administrators Association said they would waive for nine months the initial set-up and annual renewal fees paid by investment advisor …Read full story

Former Goldman analyst may have fled country 4:37PM ET

A former Goldman Sachs analyst who pleaded guilty to criminal charges for his role in a $6.7 million insider-trading scheme violated his parole last spring and may have fled the country, according to …Read full story

ImClone Systems Announces Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period

Topix SEC NewsImClone Systems Incorporated today announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 , with respect to the tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of …Read full story

Las Vegas Sands may miss covenant requirements

Shares of Las Vegas Sands plunged $3.63 , or 31.1 per cent, to $8.03 in morning trading.Read full story

Goldman Sachs Asset Management Launches New Muni Closed-End Fund

Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP plans to launch a new municipal closed-end fund as part of its existing lineup of tax-exempt mutual funds, according to an Oct.Read full story

November 3, 2008, issue

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November 5, 2008, issue

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November 6, 2008, issue

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SEC reaches $3M deal with Lazard, ex-employees

Topix SEC NewsBOSTON : Lazard Capital Markets and four former employees have agreed to pay more than $3 million to resolve a federal complaint over lavish gifts the brokerage firm showered on Fidelity Investments employees …Read full story

SEC Sues Miami Resident for Conducting Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme

Topix SEC NewsThe Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Miami resident Andres L. Pimstein and two private companies, The Bottom Line of South Florida, Inc.Read full story

Intel warns crisis may hurt business

Intel Corporation warned today that the economic slowdown may hurt its business but the world’s biggest computer chipmaker maintained its fourth-quarter revenue projections.Read full story

SEC approves merger of 4 BDO units

Topix SEC NewsBy FIL C. SIONIL Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. , owned and controlled by the countrya TMs richest person, Henry Sy, can finally proceed with the integration into its main operations of its three wholly-owned …Read full story

Lazard Capital Markets pays $3m to settle probe into client inducements$

Lazard Capital Markets, a privately-owned broker spun off from Lazard, the investment bank, and four former employees have agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle civil charges after it was accused of …Read full story

October 29, 2008, issue

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October 30, 2008, issue

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October 31, 2008, issue

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