Financial regulations

Hedge funds and private equity firms will have to disclose more about their fees and face new restrictions from the Securities and Exchange Commission on giving investors special treatment.

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and amendments aimed at tightening the regulation of private fund advisors.

New cybersecurity disclosure rules will encourage companies to formalize and standardize their IT security practices — and their accountants will help.

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.

The Securities and Exchange Commission submitted a fiscal report for public comment with three main goals for the next four years.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is getting set to impose new rules on climate-related disclosures and how funds can be named to promote investment strategies like ESG and sustainable.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is requiring some financial forms that currently are allowed to be filed or submitted in paper format to be filed or submitted electronically.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking its biggest step yet to stop money managers from misleading investors when they claim their funds are focused on environmental, social or governance issues.

The Securities and Exchange Commission extended the comment period Monday for approximately a month on its proposed rules for climate-related disclosures, giving commenters until June 17, 2022 to send in their feedback.

The commission has nearly doubled the size of the Division of Enforcement's Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit.

The West Virginia senator is calling on the commission to reconsider a plan to require companies to disclose information about their greenhouse gas pollution.