U.S. SEC enforcement chief Ceresney to depart at year-end

Andrew Ceresney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's policeman of Wall Street, will be departing the agency at the end of December, joining other top officials who are leaving before Donald Trump is sworn in as president in January. Until a permanent replacement is appointed, the SEC said in announcing the departure on Thursday, Ceresney's deputy director, Stephanie Avakian, will preside over the Enforcement Division. Ceresney is now the seventh top official at the SEC to announce plans to