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What was the primary reason for the establishment of the 1933 Securities Act and the 1934 Securities Exchange Act? What power does the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have?

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Financial accounting is designed to provide truthful and objective\textbf{truthful and objective} information to all interested parties, however, this was not the case before 1933. Many accounting rules, procedures, and standards did not exist\textbf{accounting rules, procedures, and standards did not exist} and managers were able to enhance the company´s figures.

The 1933 act tightened reporting rules\textbf{tightened reporting rules} for initial public offerings(IPO-s) of stocks and bonds.

The 1934 act created Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC), a new government agency that has the authority to require listed companies\textbf{listed companies} to produce periodic financial statements.

In the end, these acts enabled more truthful and objective\textbf{enabled more truthful and objective} financial information.

Up to this day, the SEC has the power of setting accounting and reporting standards\textbf{power of setting accounting and reporting standards} produced by FASB. The FASB issues standards and they can only become valid if the SEC agrees.

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