Securities Exchange Commission
Key Facts
Abbreviation
SEC
Pronunciation
/sɪˈkjʊrətiz ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ kəˈmɪʃən/
Category
Business
Related Field
Stock Exchange
Examples in Context
- Issues of capital stock that will be sold to the general public must be approved by the federal Securities Exchange Commission(SEC), as well as by state officials.
- Since then the Securities Exchange Commission(SEC) has introduced some small reforms : it has forced money market funds to purchase more short-term liquid assets and to offer better disclosure, in an effort to bolster confidence.
- For example, the Securities Exchange Commission(SEC) ( SEC ) formulates law by writing rules which spell out what disclosures must be made in a stock prospectus;
- US Securities and Exchange Commission to report investment fraud.
- They want to merge the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.