Tag: Securities and Exchange Commission

• Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 09:47 UTC

  Trump nominates Wall Street lawyer to head Securities and Exchange Commission

  

  President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to nominate Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates financial markets in the U.S. Clayton currently works as a partner with the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell where he specializes in public and private mergers and has worked on several high-profile initial public offerings.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 02:55 UTC

  Goldman Sachs earnings double; UK launches formal probe into fraud allegations

  

  Goldman Sachs Group Inc said first-quarter earnings nearly doubled, while in London Britain's financial regulator launched a formal probe related to civil fraud allegations against the Wall Street bank.