SEC Staff to Host Roundtable on Regulatory Approaches to Combating Retail Investor Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that its Division of Trading and Markets will host a roundtable on Sept. 26 on combating retail investor fraud. The Commission staff is interested in views from a broad range of market participants, regulators and industry experts concerning potential steps that might be taken to enhance the ability of regulators, broker-dealers and others to combat retail investor fraud. The roundtable will be held at the SEC's headquarters at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. and will begin at 9:30 a.m. ET. The roundtable will be open to the public and webcast live on the Commission’s website. Information on the agenda and participants will be issued shortly. Members of the public who wish to provide their views on the topic may submit comments electronically or on paper.