The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Wall Street banks and companies are using complicated bond deals to hide certain risks illegally, sources tell the Wall Street Journal.
At the same time, the government has expanded an inquiry into how banks on Wall Street sell these deals, the Journal reports. The securities are not traded openly on any exchanges; rather their prices are allegedly negotiated between buyers and sellers in private.
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