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SEC Just Now Seeking Key Information On Meltdown

In June 2007, Christopher Cox, then the SEC chairman, testified before Congress that the agency had "about 12 investigations" under way concerning CDOs and ... and more »
Wed, Dec 16 | from NPR

SEC Report Sheds New Light on Deal for Bear Stearns

Ms. Thomsen then reached out to then-SEC Chairman Christopher Cox and staff in the SEC's general counsel's office, the report said. ... and more »
Tue, Dec 15 | from Wall Street Journal

Happy Ponziversary!: Bernie Madoff's Big Year - TPM

TPM (blog) Happy Ponziversary!: Bernie Madoff's Big Year TPM (blog) SEC Chair Christopher Cox soft-pedaled enforcement at the agency, making it harder for investigators to get the tools they needed to aggressively probe ...
Tue, Dec 15 | from Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall

SEC Action on IFRS Could Come Early in 2010

The SEC proposed its IFRS convergence road map in August 2008 under former Chairman Christopher Cox. Under the proposal, the SEC would decide in 2011 ... and more »
Wed, Dec 9 | from Journal of Accountancy

Excerpt: Too Big to Fail and ZOMBIES

SEC chairman Christopher Cox, as impeccably dressed and coiffed as ever, made a brief statement, telling everyone in the room they were "great Americans" ... and more »
Wed, Nov 11 | from New York Magazine

World and National News Update: on , Bush on Financial Crisis,

McCain Says He'd Fire SEC Chairman Christopher Cox if Elected President; Bush Says Markets are Adjusting to Extraordinary Measures Implemented ... video.tiscali.it
Mon, Sep 14 | from video.tiscali.it

Cramer: Speak Up on the Uptick Rule

I think the deregulation of the securities markets by President Bush and now the most discredited SEC chairman in history, Chris Cox, produced the lax environment that ultimately ended up costing taxpayers billions of dollars because many good banks ...
Tue, May 26 | from TheStreet.com

What To Make Of Hank Paulson's "Texan" Threats On Ken Lewis's Job?

And for Paulson, the sin of omission was (bad pun alert) the omission of the commission -- the SEC -- which wasn't privy to any of the ongoing talks between Lewis, Paulson and Bernanke. This is no surprise -- former SEC chairman Chris Cox was famously ...
Fri, Apr 24 | from Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall

SEC Inspector General to testify before Lawmakers on Madoff

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Securities and Exchange Commission Inspector General David Kotz is scheduled to testify before lawmakers on Monday about the alleged $50 billion investment fraud carried out by Bernard Madoff, according to a statement Wednesday by a House capital marke...
Wed, Dec 31 | from MarketWatch.com

SEC Chair Asked If He Deserves Blame For Wall Street Crisis: ‘Absolutely Not,’ It ‘Wasn’t The SEC’s Job’

“The public might not understand that that wasn’t the SEC’s job,” he said, adding that the agency was not responsible for preventing investment banks from collapsing but rather for sheltering their securities trading units from problems in the broader corporation. “The SEC is not a saf...
Wed, Dec 24 | from Think Progress

Will Mary Schapiro Lead a Merger of the SEC and CFTC?

Today, President-elect Obama is scheduled to announce that 53-year-old Mary Schapiro (pictured) will take the reins from current SEC Chairman Chris Cox, who took the job over from William Donaldson a little more than three years ago. Schapiro (Franklin & Marshal College, George W...
Thu, Dec 18 | from WSJ.com

Mary Schapiro is Obama's pick for SEC chief, sources say

Schapiro would replace Christopher Cox, the former Orange County congressman who was named the agency's chairman in 2005 by President Bush. Cox's pet project has been improved disclosure for investors, including the adoption of so-called XBRL, or eXtensible Business Reporting Lang...
Wed, Dec 17 | from latimesblogs.latimes.com

Cox, Greenspan, Snow Agree: Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae Did Not Cause The Financial Crisis

Today in a House Oversight Committee hearing with former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, SEC chairman Christopher Cox, and former Treasury secretary John Snow, Rep. John Mica (R-FL) revived that argument. He also tried to tie the crisis to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), holding up a chart called “...
Thu, Oct 23 | from Think Progress

SEC No Evil: Cox Undermined And Demoralized Enforcement Staff

For months, Christopher Cox, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has been under fire for a belated response to market upheavals stemming from the subprime fiasco and for being soft on big corporations. He's eager to dispel his critics. In his 10th-floor office, with a...
Tue, Oct 14 | from Huffington Post

What Time Is It? (Terrorism) Tool Time!

Last week, Barney Frank, Chair of the House Committee on Financial Services dissed the SEC Terror Tool, and SEC Chairman Chris Cox took the thing down on Friday. Here's an overview of the official SEC statement, from the AAO Weblog: On Friday, the SEC took the tool away from investors [you c...
Tue, Jul 24 | from DealBreaker.Com

Opinion: Using Insider Trading Prosecutions for Political Cover

Via Peter Lattman:A big Bloomberg story puts Chris Cox on the hot seat, raising the issue of whether the SEC chairman is favoring corporations at the expense of investors. ... Said one investor-protection advocate: “There are certain actions they have...
Mon, May 28 | from ProfessorBainbridge.com

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