1.   And it drops a previous Republican proposal that would have loosened the requirement that securities issuers provide prospectuses to investors.

2.   Korea is also opening its markets to foreign securities issuers.

3.   The settlement has put public officials around the country on notice that many federal securities laws that are most typically associated with corporate securities issuers also apply to them.

4.   Corporate securities issuers, securities companies and mutual fund companies constituted only a small amount of the total.