The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is a federal government agency created on June 6, 1934 in the aftermath of the 1929 Wall Street crash to enforce federal securities law and guard against market manipulation. Its stated mission is threefold: to protect investors, to maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and to facilitate capital formation. It oversees stock exchanges, broker-dealers, investment companies including mutual funds, investment advisers, and public companies, enforcing statutes including the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is an ordinary member, listed in the IOSCO members table as United States: Securities and Exchange Commission, Capital Market Regulator of the International Organization of Securities Commissions, whose membership regulates more than 99 percent of the world's financial markets across more than 130 jurisdictions.
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Formed June 6, 1934
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Created by Section 4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (now codified as 15 U.S.C. § 78d and commonly referred to as the Exchange Act or the 1934 Act)
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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IOSCO membership regulates more than 99% of the world's financial markets in more than 130 jurisdictions.
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