Sec Oversight

$3.7 Trillion Municipal Securities Market's Last U.S. Inspection 'Predated The Financial Crisis,' GAO Says

Posted 01.18.2012

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Government oversight of the $3.7 trillion market for municipal securities, wracked by several high-profile cases of fraud and bid-rigging, is inadequa...

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Marcus Baram

Foxes Guarding The Henhouse? Auditors Criticize Self-Regulation Of Hedge Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 09.10.2011

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Allowing the hedge fund and private equity fund industry to regulate itself might not be very effective, according to a new Government Accountability ...

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