In “Targeting Foreign Fraud: SEC Forms Cross-Border Task Force” (Financier Worldwide, February 2026), Himamauli Das offers perspective on the SEC’s sharpened focus on foreign-based issuers and intermediaries entering U.S. capital markets. Him notes that the creation of the SEC’s Cross-Border Task Force to Combat Fraud signals a significant evolution in the agency’s approach to cross‑border misconduct, stating that the task force “reflects a growing recognition of investor harm stemming from foreign-based issuers and intermediaries accessing U.S. markets.” He adds: “Its launch signals a need to address broader market-manipulation schemes linked to foreign companies and reinforces a simple principle: investor protection applies regardless of geography.”
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