In light of the scope of the fraud, and the SEC's focus on misconduct by Chinese issuers, it is notable that the SEC very expressly applauded the remedial efforts of the company (see page 15 of the Complaint).

Are there really "flying prices"? The term is nowhere to be found on the CFTC website (or after a quick Google search). It doesn't even seem all that descriptive. Does anyone have a better term?

Perhaps a is in order.

The amended requirements on voting by plan fiduciaries follow upon the DOL's recent rulemaking on the : all decisions in respect of a plan's assets are to be made to maximize the economic benefits to the plan and without regard to other considerations; e.g., without regard to environmental, social and corporate governance (or "ESG") considerations.

The comments of Commissioner Lee and of Commissioner Peirce reflect the very different economic philosophies of the two commissioners.

Commissioner Lee criticizes the rule amendments for being insufficiently prescriptive as to the regulation of competing consolidators. She is not satisfied that competition among consolidators that are required to provide service level information is sufficient to motivate the consolidators to provide a good product; she wants the SEC to regulate more…