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EUROPEAN SECURITIES
MONITORING COMMISION

SECURING FUTURES

The ESMC enforces the securities laws to protect
the more than 66 million European households
that have turned to the securities markets to invest
in their futures—whether it’s starting a family,
sending kids to college, saving for retirement or
attaining other financial goals.

WE INFORM AND
PROTECT INVESTORS

WE FACILITATE
CAPITAL FORMATIONS

WE ENFORCE FEDERAL
SECURITY LAWS

WE REGULATE
SECURITIES MARKETS

WE PROVIDE DATA

 
 

Featured Video

In this Office Hours, Chair Gensler explains why intermediaries for investment contracts are required to comply with securities laws and register with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 

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Spotlight On

Through the goals laid out in its Strategic Plan, the SEC will continue to bring a skilled and steady hand to the capital markets of a changing world.

We Inform and Protect Investors

Protect Your Money!

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Investor Alerts & Bulletins

The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issues Investor Alert Bulletins as a service to investors. Investor Alerts typically warn investors about the latest investment frauds and scams. Investor Bulletins tend to educate investors about investment-related topics including the functions of the SEC.

The Ombuds will listen to your inquiries, complaints, and issues, review the information you provide, and help identify procedures, options, and resources. The Ombuds is also available to clarify certain SEC decisions, policies, and practices, and serve as an alternate channel of communication between retail investors and the SEC.

We Facilitate Capital Formation

The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and the Division of Corporation Finance’s Office of Small Business Policy launched an expanded Capital Raising Hub, which includes all of the SEC’s small business educational resources for entrepreneurs and their investors.

Explore the fundamentals of capital raising with the SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation.

The SEC’s FinHub facilitates our active engagement with innovators, developers, and entrepreneurs of financial technology.

We Enforce Federal Securities Laws

Cyber
Enforcement
Actions

Administrative
Proceeding
Documents

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Latest Federal Court
Actions

Ligitation Releases

Sept. 6, 2023

Sept. 1, 2023

Aug 31, 2023

Latest Administrative
Proceedings

Administrative Releases

Sept. 11, 2023

Sept. 11, 2023

We Regulate Securities Markets

Making Wall Street work for Main Street means getting your input. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to hear from you! We want your input on proposals and other pertinent issues and topics. We want to know what information is important to you, the investor.

Credit Rating
Agencies

SEC Proposed
Rules

View Final
Rules

We Provide Data

Our Investment Management Analytics Office released an updated Money Market Fund Statistics report. The report reflects staff’s compilation and analysis of data reported to the Commission on Form N-MFP.

Latest Data Sets

The data sets provide the text and detailed numeric information in all financial statements and their notes extracted from exhibits to corporate financial reports filed with the Commission using eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).

Updated Aug. 2023

The data sets provide the text and detailed numeric information in all financial statements and their notes extracted from exhibits to corporate financial reports filed with the Commission using eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).

Aug 31, 2023