One of the longest shutdowns in history government happened in autumn 2025, contributing to a year in which the breadth of SEC and FINRA enforcement actions narrowed. But within this reduced scope, the regulators drilled deeper into cases.
The SEC continued to aim for the simplification and clarification of reporting requirements,
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