Securities and Exchange Comission

Andreas Bechtolsheim, founder and chief architect of Silicon Valley-based technology company Arista Networks Inc (NYSE:ANET), this week agreed to settle charges of insider trading, paying a civil penalty of nearly $1 million. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleged that...

New York Community Bancorp (NYSE:NYCB) shares climbed on Monday after executives said they were buying stock. What Happened: NYCB is enjoying some respite as shares rallied 7% Monday, adding to gains notched up on Friday when company executives disclosed they had bought stock in the bank....

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week won rulings against two defendants in a cryptocurrency scam that allegedly defrauded up to $45 million out of private investors. The U.S. Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered final judgments against Arline Woodbury of Ridgewood,...

Shares in Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) soared over 7% on Tuesday after co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai purchased shares on both the New York and Hong Kong stock exchanges worth hundreds of millions of dollars. A regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed that Blue...

An SEC whistleblower program aimed at helping the regulator detect fraud at public companies has attracted some high-profile tipsters among the short-selling community, including star names such as Carson Block and Nate Anderson. The program, established in 2011, pays whistleblowers around 10% of...

In a strategic move, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday moved to file for an interlocutory appeal, asking for an immediate review of a federal judge’s ruling that XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) isn't a security when sold to the general public. What Happened: The SEC, in its argument,...

This past Tuesday night, news hit that BATS Global Markets was in the process of settling with the Securitues and Exchange Comission on the claim that Direct Edge provided unfair perks to certain high frequency traders (HFT), a development that might set a pivotal precedent in the market...