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GLG Topic: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a U.S. government agency whose mission is to protect investors; maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets; and facilitate capital formation. The SEC regulates the stock market and prevents corporate abuses relating to the offering and sale of securities and corporate reporting. Recent issues of interest include Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD), stock options backdating prosecutions, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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Leading Experts: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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Ronald Kiima, CPA, President , Kiima IncorporatedRonald Kiima, CPA
President
Kiima Incorporated

Ronald A. Kiima is a former SEC Assistant Chief Accountant. Mr. Kiima is currently the President of Kiima Incorporated, a private consulting firm specializing in SEC accounting and disclosure issues, SEC registration statements and periodic reports, SEC investigations and enforcement proceedings, corporate...

Robert Heim, Partner, MEYERS & HEIM LLPRobert Heim
Partner
MEYERS & HEIM LLP

Robert G. Heim is Partner at the law firm of Meyers & Heim in New York City, where he specializes in corporate and securities law, including corporate formation and capital raising, securities regulatory work, securities litigation, white collar criminal defense and NASD arbitrations. Previously, Mr....

Robert McCabe, Ph.D., CPA, CFE, Managing Partner, McCabe & Associates, PhDsRobert McCabe, Ph.D., CPA, CFE
Managing Partner
McCabe & Associates, PhDs

Robert K McCabe, PhD, is the Managing Partner of McCabe & Associates PhDs, a Colorado based forensic accounting firm that specializes in litigation support and financial statement analysis. Dr. McCabe specializes in SEC accounting and disclosure issues as well as SEC investigations and enforecement....

Mark Saunders
FormerSenior Partner
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

Mark Saunders was until recently a Senior Partner at Holland & Knight in New York. He specializes in the international, securities and corporate finance, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions areas. Mr. Saunders has negotiated transactions in over 20 countries around the world over the course...

Marcel Kahan, George T. Lowy Professor of Law, NEW YORK UNIVERSITYMarcel Kahan
George T. Lowy Professor of Law
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Marcel Kahan is the George T. Lowy Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law. His main areas of teaching and research are mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate governance, hedge funds, and bondholder rights. He has acted as consultant and expert witness on issues of corporate law,...

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GLG NewsSM Analysis: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (?)

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Bush Nominates Two Democrats to SEC: More of the Same is Likely | 03-31-2008
Analysis of: White House to Tap Two Dems to SEC | www.cfo.com
Author: Ronald Kiima, CPA, President , Kiima Incorporated

Will President Bush's recent nomination of two Democrats to the SEC make it more investor friendly?  Not likely!

Epistemological Risk or Why the SEC Can't Determine What Fair Value Is | 04-14-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

Investors and traders need "buy," "hold" and "sell: signals based on intrinsic value models, e.g., bond, stock, futures, options, swap, real estate, etc. models, but there is no consensus, even among expert economists, what are "fair" intrinsic value models, although a minority consensus is emerging,...

Could something be clearly worth zero? | 04-28-2008
Analysis of: SEC's Atkins Calls for Fair-Value Guidance | www.cfo.com
Author: Robert McCabe, Ph.D., CPA, CFE, Managing Partner, McCabe & Associates, PhDs

How can an SEC Commissioner who is obviously not familiar with Fair Value estimates call for changing the existing guidance? The value of something is zero if that is what you can buy and sell it for.    

The Beginning of the End of the FASB | 05-13-2008
Analysis of: The Beginning of the End of GAAP | www.cfo.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The title of the article is a misnomer - it is the FASB not GAAP that is being replaced.  With little debate or scrutiny, and no cost/benefit analysis of which I'm aware, the SEC has decided to replace United States GAAP with that of an international body over which it has no control. Accounting...

Private Sector Solutions To Florida's Property Insurance Problems. | 04-11-2008
Analysis of: Florida Property Insurance Poll: No More Quick Fixes | www.insurancenewsnet.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The article on Florida Property Insurance is somewhat on target. Where it goes aray is injecting government assistance. Politicians never solve anything. The property indemnity marketplace will find viable solutions. The MASH unit approach to property insurance is at best myopic. Insurance companies...

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