Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Bloomberg News
dmichaels5@bloomberg.net
1,336.5
3,652.4
Municipal
Treasury
Mortgage Related
12,504.8
7,845.3
Corporate Debt
Agency Debt
Money Markets
8,728.3
Asset-Backed
Broker-Dealers
Investment Advisers
Who is this hedge fund manager?
http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content
/Search/iapd_Search.aspx
Assets under management
Owners of fund adviser (general partner)
Fees they charge
Mutual Funds
Total net assets in mutual funds (millions):
18,000.00
16,000.00
14,000.00
12,000.00
10,000.00
8,000.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
2,000.00
0.00
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Mutual Funds
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/mut
ualsearch.htm
Additional disclosures on the fund companys
webpage:
Prospectus
Statement of Additional Information (more on
fees, relationships with broker-dealers)
Statement of Holdings
Disclosures
Securities laws are based on idea that
investors can make good decisions if they are
fully informed
Thus, its a disclosure-based regime: companies
must share material information in 10Ks, 10Qs,
8Ks, etc.
Company Filings
S-1: The registration statement; filed when
companies go public or issue new stock
10-Ks, 10-Qs: Keep an eye out for Legal
Proceedings, Managements Discussion and
Analysis, and Risk Factors
13-D: Reports of major shareholders; filed
when investor exceeds 5% of outstanding
shares
8-K: Current report of material information
https://searchwww.sec.gov/EDGARFSClient/jsp/EDGAR_MainAccess.jsp
A Commission
Agency Structure
Commissioner
Trading and
Markets
Commissioner
Investment
Management
Enforcement
Chairman
Corporation
Finance
Examiners
Commissioner
Commissioner
General
Counsel
Enforcement
Commissioner votes on settlements and
decisions to litigate
Subpoenas are issued by staff under delegated
authority
Defendants can be sued in federal district
court or SEC administrative court
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases.shtml
http://www.sec.gov/litigation/apdocuments.shtml
Financial Crisis
As of 2002, highest penalty ever was $10M vs.
Xerox for accounting fraud
2010: Goldman Abacus (CDO) case: $550M
2014:
Morgan Stanley - $275 million
Credit Suisse - $196 million
Alcoa - $175 million
RBS - $150 million
Source: Steinway, Sonia SEC Monetary Penalties Speak Very Loudly, But What Do They Say?
Yale Law Journal, October 2014
Administrative Proceedings
* SECs in-house court
* Trial by SEC-appointed
judge, not by jury
* Authority expanded by
2010 Dodd-Frank law
* Win rate is 90%,
versus 69% in federal
court (WSJ, 5/6/15)
145
600
500
285
312
252
266
272
207
400
610
300
200
386
352
2008
2009
429
469
462
469
2010
2011
2012
2013
100
0
2014
Municipal Bonds
A debt security issued by a state, municipality or
county to finance capital expenditures
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Boards EMMA
site is source for disclosures and price
information/trade data
http://emma.msrb.org/home
Source: City of Dallas Official Statement, GO Bonds, issued: 12/22/2014, CUSIP: 235219KF8