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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VerifiedFinancial accounting is designed to provide information to all interested parties, however, this was not the case before 1933. Many and managers were able to enhance the company´s figures.
The 1933 act 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 to produce periodic financial statements.
In the end, these acts financial information.
Up to this day, the SEC has the produced by FASB. The FASB issues standards and they can only become valid if the SEC agrees.
The 1933 Securities and Exchange Act was established to promote transparency in financial statements to restore investor confidence (after the market crash in 1929) and help them in making better decisions and to govern transactions in the securities markets to prevent fraudulent acts.
The powers of the Securities and Exchange Commission include:
1.) The power to require publicly traded companies to prepare periodic financial statements to be released to the public. Such financial statements should also be audited
2.) The responsibility of establishing financial reporting standards for publicly traded companies (although the responsibility and authority for the private sector has been delegated to the FASB by SEC)
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