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  • SEC Statement On Jury’s Verdict In Trial of Daryl Payton And Benjamin Durant

    Date 01/03/2016

    After a two week trial, a jury in the Southern District of New York found both Daryl Payton and Benjamin Durant liable for insider trading in SEC v. Payton et al.

    Statement of SEC Division of Enforcement Director Andrew Ceresney:

    "Payton and Durant were sophisticated stock brokers who used highly confidential information about an upcoming transaction to illegally make hundreds of thousands of dollars at the expense of ordinary investors who played by the rules. Today's jury verdict holding them liable for insider trading reaffirms our commitment to aggressively root out and prosecute insider trading schemes, including by taking defendants to trial, in order to protect the integrity of our markets.”

  • Remarks By Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary Monique Rollins On Reforming The Private Label Securitization Market - At The Asset Backed Securities (ABS) Vegas Conference

    Date 29/02/2016

    For most of its history, private label securitization (PLS) has served as a valuable part of the housing finance market.  It helped expand access to credit for many qualified Americans, who did not meet the underwriting criteria or conforming loan limits of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or qualify for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insurance.  However, the 2008 financial crisis exposed huge structural deficiencies in PLS that led to tremendous losses and severely damaged the trust of market participants.  The pre-crisis PLS market was rife with conflicts of interest, inadequate investor protections, overreliance on credit ratings, contractual enforcement failures and a lack of transparency.  We therefore believe that, while the PLS market can provide a channel for mortgage financing that is responsible and not reliant on a taxpayer-backed guarantee, its return must happen in a reformed and sustainable way.  A reformed PLS market complements the Administration’s efforts to support the housing recovery on numerous fronts by improving access to credit and helping homeowners.  While we do not see the PLS channel as a total panacea, it is one of a number of channels that can responsibly improve access to credit and strengthen the housing recovery.

  • S&P Dow Jones Indices Market Attributes:Europe Index Dashboard

    Date 29/02/2016

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  • US Department Of The Treasury: Preliminary Report On Foreign Holdings Of U.S. Securities At End-June 2015

    Date 29/02/2016

    Preliminary data from the June 2015 annual survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities were released today on the Treasury website at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx.  Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the preliminary data, will be reported on April 29, 2016.  The survey was undertaken jointly by Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.  The next annual survey will cover holdings at the end of June 2016; preliminary data are expected to be released by February 28, 2017.

  • Advisory Committee On Small & Emerging Companies Opening Remarks, SEC Commissioner Kara M. Stein, Feb. 25, 2016

    Date 29/02/2016

    Good morning. Welcome to both the continuing members, as well as the new members of the Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies. I am looking forward to hearing from you regarding how we can better understand and address issues that affect small and emerging businesses. I would also like to thank the Office of Small Business Policy in the Division of Corporation Finance for organizing today’s meeting.