Category: Uncategorized

Dec 29
Coronavirus tally: U.S. daily average of new cases more than doubles in 2 weeks to a record high

The global tally for COVID-19 rose to 282.9 million as of Wednesday morning and the death toll climbed to 5.42 million, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. leads the world with a total COVID-19 case count of 53.2 million and death toll of 820,929. In the U.S., the seven-day average of […]

Dec 29
Oramed's Oravax sub signs pre-purchase agreement for 10 million oral COVID-19 vaccines with Tan Thanh

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. ORMP, -11.40% said Wednesday its Oravax Medical subsidiary has signed an agreement with Vietnam-based Tan Thanh Holdings Investment Joint Stock Co. to pre-purchase 10 million doses of Oravax’s oral COVID-19 vaccines in development. The drug maker’s stock slipped 0.1% in premarket trading. The agreement is comprised of undisclosed milestone payments, and the […]

Dec 29
Fractional Share Investing – Buying a Slice Instead of the Whole Share

Nov. 9, 2020 The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is issuing this Investor Bulletin to help educate investors about investing in fractional shares. What are Fractional Shares? A fractional share is when you own less than one full share of a stock or other security. Why Invest in Fractional Shares? Fractional shares are […]

Dec 29
Tips for World Investor Week 2020: Investor Bulletin

Oct. 5, 2020 The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the National Futures Association (NFA), and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) are issuing this Investor Bulletin to highlight key messages from World Investor Week 2020, a global campaign to raise […]

Dec 29
Investment Scams May Seek to Exploit Natural Disasters – Investor Alert

Sept. 29, 2020 After a natural disaster strikes, fraudsters may try to take advantage of individuals who want to help fund recovery efforts or who receive lump sum insurance payouts. Fraudsters may use recent natural disasters, including Hurricane Laura, Hurricane Sally, and the wildfires on the West Coast, to lure victims into investment scams. These […]

Dec 29
Investor Bulletin: Publicly Traded Closed-End Funds

Sept. 25, 2020 The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is issuing this Investor Bulletin to provide investors information about closed-end funds that are traded on national securities exchanges. It is important to understand them and their risks before investing.   What are closed-end funds? A closed-end fund is one of three main types […]

Dec 29
Investor Bulletin: Publicly Traded Business Development Companies (BDCs)

Sept. 25, 2020 The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is issuing this Investor Bulletin to provide investors information about business development companies, or BDCs, that are traded on national securities exchanges. It is important to understand them before investing.   What are BDCs? BDCs are a type of closed-end investment fund. They are […]

Dec 29
Investor Bulletin: Interval Funds

Sept. 25, 2020 The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is issuing this Investor Bulletin to provide investors information about interval funds. Interval funds are legally classified as closed-end funds, a type of investment company, but they have some distinctive features that make them different from typical closed-end funds. Some important features of interval […]

Dec 29
FBI and OIEA Warn Public that Fraudsters are Targeting Owners of Timeshares in Mexico

Sept. 17, 2020 The FBI Criminal Investigative Division and the Office of Investor Education and Advocacy of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) would like to warn consumers of a recent increase in fraudulent schemes targeting owners of timeshare properties in Mexico. These scams typically involve individuals alleging to be representatives of a brokerage firm, […]

Dec 29
Colloquium on new challenges in financial regulation

On Friday, 19 November 2021, the Chairman of the FSMA and Vice-Chairman of IOSCO, Mr Jean-Paul Servais, spoke at a colloquium held at the Sorbonne University in Paris. The event was organized by the LabEx ReFi, a multidisciplinary research laboratory dedicated to the study and evaluation of regulatory policies. The objective of the laboratory is […]