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Fair Funds were established by the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), specifically 15 U.S.C. § 7246(a) (the "Fair Fund Provision"). [1]Prior to Sarbanes–Oxley, civil penalties obtained by the SEC based on actions under the securities laws were paid to the United States Treasury, and were not distributed by the SEC to investors who were injured by the securities fraud. [2]
Form 13F is a quarterly report filed, per United States Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, [1] by "institutional investment managers" with control over $100M in assets to the SEC, listing all equity assets under management. [2] Academic researchers make these reports freely available as structured datasets. [3]
The most commonly filed SEC forms are the 10-K and the 10-Q. These forms are composed of four main sections: The business section, the F-pages, the Risk Factors, and the MD&A. The business section provides an overview of the Company. The F-pages contain the financial statements which are either audited or reviewed by an independent auditor.
The Securities Act of 1933 regulates the distribution of securities to public investors by creating registration and liability provisions to protect investors. With only a few exemptions, every security offering is required to be registered with the SEC by filing a registration statement that includes issuer history, business competition and material risks, litigation information, previous ...
EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) is an internal database system operated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that performs automated collection, validation, indexing, and accepted forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the SEC. The database contains ...
Form D is a SEC filing form to file a notice of an exempt offering of securities under Regulation D of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Commission rules require the notice to be filed by companies and funds that have sold securities without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 in an offering based on a claim of exemption under Rule 504 or 506 of Regulation D or Section 4(6 ...
In a 3-0 decision on Wednesday, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of six private equity and hedge fund groups, finding the SEC exceeded its authority by ...
Form S-3 is the most simplified securities registration form used by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.It may only be used by companies that have been required to report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for a minimum of twelve months and have also timely filed all required reports (including annual forms 10-K, quarterly forms 10-Q and certain current forms 8-K) under the ...