Financial regulations

Opinions are divided on the new requirement for companies to report material cyberincidents within four days.

The Securities and Exchange Commission approved new rules that would require entities to disclose material cybersecurity incidents.

Regulatory uncertainty makes it difficult for treasuries to hold digital assets.

The new rule has a profound impact on advisor use of testimonials, performance advertising, and compensation for referrals.

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules this week requiring public companies to claw back erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation received by their current or former executives only months after issuing a set of rules on pay versus performance.

Corporate executives will have to pay back bonuses based on mistakes in their businesses' financial reporting under a new rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Public companies that have to disclose bad news to regulators are likely to issue press releases announcing unrelated news to distract investors.

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged several investment advisors with combined penalties of $1 million for violating the Investment Advisors Act's Custody Rule.

The commission announced plans to add the new unit to its Division of Corporate Finance's Disclosure Review Program.

Publicly traded firms will have to disclose more details about how senior managers are paid, including performance incentives.