Explain from where the Securities and Exchange Commission receives its authority.
How might these survey results inform you as an investor?
August 4, 2017Explain the processes that must be in place to effectively manage each aspect of the project and your rationale for selecting techniques you plan to use.
August 4, 2017CA1-14 (Securities and Exchange Commission) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was created in 1934 and consists of five commissioners and a large professional staff. The SEC professional staff is organized into five divisions and several principal offices. The primary objective of the SEC is to support fair securities markets. The SEC also strives to foster enlightened stockholder participation in corporate decisions of publicly traded companies. The SEC has a significant presence in financial markets, the development of accounting practices, and corporation-shareholder relations, and has the power to exert influence on entities whose actions lie within the scope of its authority.
Instructions-short introduction
- (a) Explain from where the Securities and Exchange Commission receives its authority.
- (b) Describe the official role of the Securities and Exchange Commission in the development of financial accounting theory and practices.
- (c) Discuss the interrelationship between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board with respect to the development and establishment of financial accounting theory and practices.
- Short Conclusion
This is the book we are using in class:
Rockies, D. E., Wetland, J. J., & Garfield, T. D. (2013). Intermediate a
