June 26, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Credit ratings analyst charged with insider trading on Sherwin Williams-Valspar acquisition

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it has charged a credit ratings agency employee with tipping two friends about The Sherwin-Williams Co.’s confidential plans to acquire The Valspar Corp., which he learned of through his work. The SEC also charged the two friends with trading on the illicit tips, which reaped…

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