Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Definition
US federal agency established in 1934 to help protect investors by enforcing securities-related laws, and by setting mandatory standards for disclosure of financial and other pertinent information about firms whose securities are traded over a stock exchange. Its five commissioners (appointed by the US President and confirmed by the Senate) serve for staggered five-year terms, and at any time no more than three of them may be from the same political party.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance, Investing and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appears in the definitions of the following terms: registered security, investment adviser, regulatory capital, SEC yield, private placement, prospectus, accredited investor, Electronic Data Gathering And Retrieval (EDGAR), short form audit report and Rivest Shami Adleman (RSA) method
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