US regulators approve plan for lost money in Facebook IPO

The decision from the US Securities and Exchange Commission was in response to a series of high-profile glitches last year that shook the market

Reuters New York
Last Updated : Mar 25 2013 | 6:37 PM IST

US regulators approved on Monday a plan to compensate market makers who lost money in a botched Facebook Inc public offering on Nasdaq OMX Group Inc's Nasdaq exchange.

The decision from the US Securities and Exchange Commission was in response to a series of high-profile glitches last year that shook the market, including the handling of Facebook's long-anticipated initial public offering on May 18, 2012.

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First Published: Mar 25 2013 | 6:09 PM IST

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