SEC enforcement actions against public companies and subsidiaries rose again in FY 2023, with 91 new actions filed, the third highest of any fiscal year in SEED. Although filings.
Total monetary value of settlements fell to lowest level in last eight fiscal years. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed 91 enforcement actions.
SEC enforcement activity against public company and subsidiary defendants increased in FY 2022 to 68 actions. The first full fiscal year of Chair Gensler’s tenure also saw total monetary settlements imposed by SEC in public company and subsidiary actions climb 2.8 billion.
SEC imposed $2.8 billion in monetary settlements, the largest total in any fiscal year recorded in the Securities Enforcement Empirical Database. 68 enforcement actions against public companies and subsidiaries in the first full fiscal year of Chair Gary Gensler’s tenure.