Topic: Mary Schapiro

SEC looks to outsource leases after botched deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is in talks to largely hand off its leasing activities after being accused of bungling a real estate deal priced at more than half a billion dollars.SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said she is negotiating ...

Senate panel sets hearing on market plunge

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee has scheduled a hearing for May 20 to examine the causes of last week's mysterious stock market plunge, Senator Christopher Dodd said on Thursday.Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro and Commodities ...
I've written a few times now about the Senate's version of the financial regulatory reform bill, most notably that Sen. James DeMint, R-S.C., has promised to propose an amendment that would exempt small businesses from the auditor attestation requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley 404(b). ...

Shareholders need real voice: SEC chief

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday called on Corporate America to modernize its proxy voting practices to give shareholders a greater voice in governing the companies they own. .A key congressional committee helped further their cause on ...

Plea to Dismantle Broadridge Monopoly

Last month, I wrote to Chairman Mary Schapiro of the SEC about dismantling the monopoly Broadridge (BR) enjoys counting electronic proxy votes for all US public companies.. Wednesday, I wrote to Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL), who serves on the Senate Banking Committee, ...
There is a lot of interest in policy initiatives from the Obama Administration. We have been looking for hints on this subject from anyone in the Obama administration. Since the SEC has authority over FASB in setting accounting rules, the confirmation hearings ...
President-elect Barack Obama's choice to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to be roughed up at her confirmation hearing in connection with the Bernard Madoff scandal, but ultimately she is expected to be confirmed. Mary Schapiro currently oversees the ...

If Mary Schapiro's the Answer...

it was probably a stupid question. President-elect Barack Obama will Thursday announce that Mary Schapiro, chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), will be nominated as chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Schapiro took the NASD-R's money after ...