A Powerful Push Towards a New Securities Regulatory Regime

Last week was an eventful one for U.S. securities regulation both through what was said and even more interestingly left unsaid:

What Was Said:  At his first hearing after confirmation (see Client Report INVESTOR18), SEC Chairman Gensler reiterated his far-reaching agenda, one then met by the increasingly-usual partisan acrimony.  As our client report makes clear, Mr. Gensler stood his ground on hot-button topics such as cryptoasset regulation, payment for order flow, retail-investor protection, climate-risk and human-capital disclosures, incentive compensation, and MMF reform.

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