SEC Operations

With data and analysis, the Commission and others can potentially design new tools and new methods of making the most out of the information provided ...

The nominee to serve as the next SEC chairman now officially has a date for his confirmation hearing. Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Jay Clayton will ...

The unionized OCIE examiner worked a four-day, 10-hour per day schedule that allowed him to take off Fridays. But the firm he was examining kept ...

We also must be mindful of the precedent being created. What is the effect on capital formation and emergent public companies when the bundle of ...

Some critics have long argued that the bar to qualify as an “accredited investor” under Regulation D should be ratcheted up. Acting SEC Chairman Michael ...

As engines of economic growth, small businesses can more easily access capital from previously unavailable sources — directly from American investors. Through funding portals and ...

In addition, while crowdfunding may democratize capital-raising, it may not be reaching a varied enough base of entrepreneurs. We need to continue to examine the ...

I am happy to invite you all to an event that we will be holding at the Commission two weeks from today. As we begin ...

The Dodd-Frank Act is rife with examples of burdens ultimately borne by the Forgotten Investor through shareholder money and company resources being expended to provide ...

We also must address the impact that market changes are having on investors. I urge Commission staff to keep a careful eye on highly ...