Office of Financial Affairs 879 13th Street Northwest Washin

Office of Financial Affairs at http://ofinaf.org

The Office's major policy consists of supervising, managing and implementing all federal securities laws which are related to Mergers and Acquisitions. OFA is involved in the promotion of correct and appropriate information and also interested in protecting the interests of the investors while interacting with corporate and legal organizations they meet and get involved during the process. Following this policy, Department is responsible for guaranteeing a successful transaction based on just and appropriate business rules.

The global integration of capital markets involves a great number of participants. As it provides the possibility of capital flows or the chance of taking personal advantage of some investors, the main objectives of the Office is to prevent violations of any kind while trading - asking all the entities involved for following the regulations established. Reliability and ethical premises are the basics of a respectable and serious market development. Fraudulent activities damage not only the integrity of the market, but also destroy client's trust. Federal and State legislations must be accepted, interpreted and put into practice by all the investors in order to achieve a proper and efficient administration of the Mergers and Acquisitions.

The Office of Financial Affairs is established to promote investor confidence in the securities and capital markets by providing more structure and government oversight. The mission of the Office of Financial Affairs is to protect investors and maintain integrity of the securities industry, overseeing major participants in the industry, including stock exchanges, broker-dealers, investment advisors, mutual funds, and public utility holding companies. The Office of Financial Affairs is concerned primarily with promoting disclosure of important information, enforcing securities laws, and protecting investors who interact with these various organizations and individuals..

Crucial to the Office of Financial Affairs's effectiveness is its enforcement authority. Each year the Office of Financial Affairs brings more enforcement actions against individuals and companies that break the securities laws. Typical infractions include insider trading, accounting fraud and providing false or misleading information about securities and the companies that issue them.

Aside from administering and enforcing federal securities laws in order to maintain fair, honest and efficient markets, the Office of Financial Affairs has continuously committed itself to disseminating information to the investing public in a timely and efficient manner, one channel of which is through its website that offers the public a wealth of informational resources.

Fighting securities fraud, however, requires teamwork. At the heart of effective investor protection is an educated and cautious investor. While it is the primary overseer and regulator of the securities markets, the OFA works closely with many different institutions, including other federal departments and agencies, the self regulatory organizations, state securities regulators and various private sector organizations.

879 13th Street Northwest Washington, DC, 20005 United States
Email: [email protected]

Created 22nd December 2015 for 1 year only by someone in Hong Kong