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Category: SEC

A dumpster fire

Earnings Call Adds Farcical Element to First Republic’s Implosion

A dumpster fire

In the annals of disastrous corporate earnings calls, First Republic Bank on April 24 offered up a whopper. It was short, lasting about 12 minutes. You could call it sweet, too – if you were an executive trying to avoid talking about the be...

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Are the SEC’s New Cybersecurity Rules Coming Too Late?

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The phrase “fighting the last war” often comes to mind when discussing the federal government’s rulemaking process. It’s a familiar cycle: Something emerges as a problem that catches companies unprepared, and regulators begin the iterative...

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SEC Backs Big Budget for Crypto Crackdown

SEC Backs Big Budget for Crypto Crackdown

SEC Backs Big Budget for Crypto Crackdown

The Biden administration has proposed a record-smashing $2.4 billion budget for the SEC in fiscal year 2024, and it’s apparently already burning a hole in Gary Gensler’s pocket. To hear him tell it, the SEC chair is more than ready to use t...

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Intelligize Data: Large Filers Struggling with Internal Controls After Going Public

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It has been more than 20 years since Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in response to a rash of turn-of-the-century accounting scandals. But unlike those choker necklaces and Nickelback CDs you’re holding onto from the era, SOX remains...

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New Intelligize Report Offers Insights into SEC Views on Company Risk Factors

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Fortunately for investors, you don’t need inside access to C-suites to know what kinds of risks keep corporate executives on edge. Publicly traded companies frequently disclose in their Securities and Exchange Commission filings their views...

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