All SEC articles – Page 75
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SEC awards $500K to whistleblower
The SEC today awarded a whistleblower more than $500,000 for reporting information that prompted an investigation into misconduct that resulted in an enforcement action. It is the second whistleblower award announced by the SEC in the past week.
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Former Magyar Telekom executives settle FCPA case
Two former executives at Hungarian-based telecommunications company Magyar Telekom agreed to pay financial penalties and accept officer-and-director bars to settle a previously filed SEC case alleging violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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A farewell to Kara Brockmeyer but her legacy continues
The SEC bids a fond farewell to the head of its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit. Tom Fox looks back at Kara Brockmeyer’s illustrious career with the Commission.
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Top accountant provides blueprint for effective audit committees
From education to composition, the SEC's top accountant recently gave audit committees a primer on everything it takes to be effective in the job these days.
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As firms adopt revenue rules, are they ignoring disclosure?
Whether you think your company is ready for the new accounting for revenue recognition or not, it’s probably not ready to comply with new disclosure requirements.
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Senators demand investigation into SEC rule reconsiderations
A quartet of Senate Democrats are demanding that the SEC’s inspector general conduct an investigation into Acting Chairman Michal Piwowar’s “reconsideration” of the agency’s pay ratio and conflict minerals rules.
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ArticleClayton quizzed on potential role as SEC chairman
President Trump’s nominee to head the SEC, Jay Clayton, was grilled about conflicts, recusals, and his views on enforcement during a Senate Banking Committee hearing.
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Yes, there is still a conflict minerals rule
Lest you think recent developments—a leaked White House memo, a resolved lawsuit, and the reopening of public comments to the SEC—mean an end to the conflict minerals rule, be assured that the May filing deadline remains in place.
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The hard truths of the SQM enforcement action
The FCPA shows just how far its authority can extend when it comes to companies that blatantly disregard U.S. anti-corruption law.
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Can inline XBRL save XBRL, or at least improve data quality?
Slow progress in shifting financial statement data to the digital realm may be getting a boost, but the clock is ticking for proponents to show the real benefits of XBRL.
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Can inline XBRL save XBRL? Or at least improve data quality?
Slow progress in shifting financial statement data to the digital realm may be getting a boost, but the clock is ticking for proponents show the real benefits of XBRL.
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SEC approves 2017 GAAP Taxonomy for use in XBRL filings
The SEC has given its final approval to the 2017 GAAP Taxonomy that public companies will use to prepare their XBRL financial statement exhibits.
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Early work on new lease rules reveals big effort ahead
Waiting in line behind revenue recognition, new requirements to bring leases on to corporate balance sheets are starting to win pockets of attention.
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Non-GAAP crackdown renders earnings process complex, poll says
The crackdown on non-GAAP financial reporting has led to little investor or analyst reaction and made the earnings release process long and complex, companies say.
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SEC proposes requiring inline XBRL, provides IFRS taxonomy
The SEC has taken steps to advance the use and accuracy of digital financial statement data, proposing required use of inline XBRL and providing IFRS taxonomy.
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Is it a business or an asset? Companies get new guidance
Companies will have some new analysis to do to assure their accounting for business transactions reflects a new definition of “business” in GAAP. Tammy Whitehouse has more.
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FASB to host roundtables on defining materiality in GAAP
FASB is hosting roundtable meetings in March to discuss defining materiality in accounting standards, a can of worms it opened in 2015 in connection to disclosures.
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Second company adopts revenue rule in 2017, this time at a loss
Another aerospace company has early adopted the new revenue recognition standard, and this one says the new accounting will reduced in its reported revenue.
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Trump's 2-for-1 regulatory rollback won't touch SEC, FASB, PCAOB
President Trump’s 2-for-1 executive order meant to curtail federal regulation apparently will not apply directly to the SEC, FASB, or PCAOB. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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Some key cyber-security tips for financial firms
As the SEC and FINRA are taking cyber-security much more seriously, John Reed Stark outlines a few ways in which financial firms can also do more to protect their data.