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• U.S. panel backs exchange to list smaller companies

  WASHINGTON, Feb 1- A panel of small business experts on Friday urged U.S. securities regulators to encourage the creation of a new exchange to list smaller companies to make it easier for them to enter the public market. The recommendation by the Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies to the Securities and Exchange Commission is not binding.

• Dow Crosses 14,000 and SEC Reacts 

  

  CNBC's Eamon Javers reports SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher reacted to the Dow's historic mark. And Brian Belski, BMO Capital Markets, provides his take on how to play today's rally.

• Zoetis raises about $2.2 billion in IPO

  Pfizer's animal health business Zoetis has raised about $2.2 billion in its initial public offering of 86.1 million shares, and the stock is expected to begin trading Friday. The New York company priced the IPO at $26 per share, which is $1 above the top end of the range it estimated in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

• SEC official named interim enforcement chief

  George Canellos is currently deputy director of the SEC's enforcement division. During his four-year tenure, Khuzami led the SEC's efforts to penalize the largest U.S. banks for actions that helped trigger the 2008 financial crisis. Canellos was appointed by Elisse Walter, who has been interim SEC chairman since Mary Schapiro resigned in December.

• SEC ‘Sheriff’ Mary Jo White Has Worn Bank Hats

  

  Former prosecutor Mary Jo White's nomination to head the SEC was meant to signal that the agency would be getting tough on Wall Street. But she has spent the last decade vigorously defending some of the biggest banks, The New York Times reports.

• U.S. appeals court shields SEC from Madoff investor lawsuit

  *9th Circuit says SEC had not waived immunity. *Investors said SEC gave Madoff "implied stamp of approval". The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California said a federal district judge correctly dismissed their lawsuit seeking to hold the SEC responsible under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

• UPDATE 2-U.S. SEC taps criminal investigator as top watchdog

  The SEC has offered the job of inspector general to Capitol Police Inspector General Carl W. Hoecker, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Both Hoecker and an SEC spokesman declined to comment.

• UPDATE 1-SEC taps Capitol Police inspector general as top watchdog

  WASHINGTON, Jan 25- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has selected a criminal investigator as the agency's new top internal watchdog, a hire that comes just one day after President Barack Obama tapped a former criminal prosecutor to chair the SEC.

• Inside the SEC Transformation 

  

  CNBC's Scott Cohn talks with departing SEC enforcement officer, Robert Khuzami about the issue of transparency when it comes to things like high frequency trading.

• SEC taps Capitol Police inspector general as top watchdog-sources

  WASHINGTON, Jan 25- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has selected Capitol Police Inspector General Carl Hoecker to serve as the new internal watchdog for the agency, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

• Morgan Stanley CEO Gets a Pay Cut

  

  Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman made $6 million in total compensation for 2012, far less than his $10.5 million bounty in 2011.

• UPDATE 5-Obama picks former federal prosecutor as SEC boss

  *In recent private practice, White represented Wall Street. WASHINGTON, Jan 24- The White House on Thursday nominated former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, selecting a hard-nosed enforcer who also has experience defending Wall Street figures.

• UPDATE 4-Obama taps former federal prosecutor to head SEC

  *In recent private practice, represented Wall Street. WASHINGTON, Jan 24- President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, picking a tough enforcement hand who more recently has defended Wall Street figures.

• Obama nominates White to head SEC, Cordray at CFPB

  WASHINGTON, Jan 24- President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated former U.S. federal prosecutor Mary Jo White to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, signaling a desire for tough oversight of Wall Street.

• Obama Nominates Mary Jo White to Head SEC 

  

  President Obama nominates former U.S. attorney under President Clinton Mary Jo White to head the SEC, as well as nominating Richard Cordray to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. CNBC's John Harwood and Scott Cohn, offer insight.

• SEC delays decision on Nasdaq's Facebook IPO compensation plan

  *SEC to decide by March 29, instead of Jan. 28. NEW YORK, Jan 24- U.S. securities regulators will delay, by another two months, a ruling on Nasdaq OMX Group's $62- million plan to compensate firms that suffered losses during Facebook's botched initial public offering in May.

• Inside the SEC Crime Lab 

  

  CNBC's Gary Kaminsky takes a look inside the SEC crime lab, where six terabytes of digital data, emails and documents come in for review every month.

• UPDATE 1-Obama to tap former federal prosecutor to head SEC -source

  WASHINGTON, Jan 24- President Barack Obama will nominate former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, a White House source said, restoring the agency's power to work on its overhaul of Wall Street.

• Obama to tap attorney White for SEC, Cordray to stay at CFPB

  WASHINGTON, Jan 24- President Barack Obama will nominate later on Thursday former U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White to head the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a White House source said. A personnel announcement is expected to come at 2:30 p.m. EST, a separate White House statement said.

• A Rare Look Inside the SEC 

  

  CNBC's Gary Kaminsky takes a look at the massive amount of digital data that pours into the SEC's enforcement division, which is in charge of investigating violations of securities laws.