The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is a federal government agency created on June 6, 1934 in the aftermath of the 1929 Wall Street crash to enforce federal securities law and guard against market manipulation. Its stated mission is threefold: to protect investors, to maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and to facilitate capital formation. It oversees stock exchanges, broker-dealers, investment companies including mutual funds, investment advisers, and public companies, enforcing statutes including the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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