Regulatory actions and programs

Millions in clients' funds was steered into a sports ticketing business.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday that its enforcement director, Andrew J. Ceresney, plans to leave the SEC by the end of the year.

Audit deficiencies at public companies decreased for the first time in five years in 2015, but remain high, according to a new analysis.

Automobile manufacturer Tesla Motors is dropping the use of some non-GAAP financial measures in its earnings releases after receiving several letters from the Securities and Exchange Commission criticizing the practice.

Wesley R. Bricker has been named chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, succeeding James Schnurr, who is retiring.

Mary Jo White has stepped to the front of the line of financial regulators moving aside for Donald Trump’s administration.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed a new deputy chief accountant in the Office of the Chief Accountant, Marc A. Panucci, a partner in PwC’s national professional services group.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has initiated proceedings against an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers accusing him of not doing enough to audit a venture capital fund whose manager was stealing money.

A group of Senators, including Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., are asking KPMG about the quality of its audits in the wake of the recent scandal involving Wells Fargo’s opening of millions of unauthorized customer accounts.

A Houston-based company, FMC Technologies, has agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty to resolve charges that it overstated profits in one of its business segments, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday.