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SEC Chair Speaks on Mandatory Disclosure at Conference Honoring John C. Coffee, Jr.

Reynolds Holding

Caveat inviter, though, at the SEC, we are Merritt neutral. I’m going to focus on one of Jack’s earlier works from 1984 when the SEC was just 50 years old. Jack’s paper was called “Market Failure and the Economic Case for a Mandatory Disclosure System.” [1] Jack was focused on mandatory vs. voluntary disclosure.

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SEC Chair Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Reynolds Holding

As is customary, I’d like to note that my views are my own as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and I am not speaking on behalf of my fellow Commissioners or the SEC staff. The SEC is the cop on the beat watching out for your constituents. But we cannot take this for granted. The core principles of U.S.

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