U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Email Format
Financial ServicesDistrict of Columbia, United States1001-5000 Employees
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a U.S. financial services regulatory agency headquartered in Washington, D.C., at 100 f Street, 20549 United States, with about 1,001 to 5,000 employees and offices in 11 regional locations. Its mission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. The SEC enforces federal securities laws and regulates the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other electronic securities markets. Its authorities include the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The agency is organized into five divisions—Corporation Finance, Trading and Markets, Investment Management, Enforcement, and Risk and Economic Analysis—and its website is sec.gov.