The US Securities and Change Commission (SEC), a US federal agency, is considered to be an investor's advocate. Its purpose is to protect investors, maintain market integrity, and facilitate capital formation. Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the SEC requires CFOS to certify that the firm's: Corporate Finance Capital Markets Decision Investments Ethan must make a decision on how to cut costs so that his company can generate extra cash flow to acquire assets. Radford, a trader at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), executes the decisions made by investors and takes action based on requests by different buyers and sellers in the market. Aakash works for a financial advising firm. He must create a financial plan and come up with a list of securities in which his client can invest. Aakash must make decisions regarding the investments that he should recommend to his dients to include in their portfolio