Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC)
The Federal agency with responsibility for regulating financial exchanges for cash instruments. American Banker Glossary
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A federal agency that regulates the US financial markets. The SEC also oversees the securities industry and promotes full disclosure in order to protect the investing public against malpractice in the securities markets. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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Securities and Exchange Commission Seˌcurities and Exˈchange Comˌmission abbreviation SEC noun FINANCE LAW ORGANIZATIONS
in the US, a government organization which controls the way in which bonds, shares etc are traded and makes sure investment arrangements are legal. The organization that does this in Britain is the Financial Services Authority.
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► See SEC.
Financial and business terms. 2012.