Mizuho Securities

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  SEC’s 16 Biggest Penalties Since Financial Crisis

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 24, 2013

  The SEC recently released a roundup of its financial crisis enforcement actions, highlighting some of the more than 150 firms and individuals the agency has levied charges against since 2008.

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  SEC, DOL Enforcement Roundup: CDO Woes, Short-Selling Brothers, Amish Fund

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 19, 2012

  Recent actions by the SEC and DOL included fines of $127.5 million for a securities firm over false CDO credit ratings and $14.5 million for two short-selling brothers, along with deferred prosecution for an Amish fund.

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  China Banks Seek Overseas Expansion

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 25, 2011

  Chinese banks, in an effort to grow beyond the mainland's borders, have plowed large amounts of capital into acquisitions, new branches overseas and joint ventures. Although analysts are critical of their efforts, calling them pricey and poorly directed, banks see opportunity beckoning.