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SEC Chair Speaks About the Treasury Markets and the Debt Ceiling Discussions

Reynolds Holding

It wasn’t until 1986—more than 50 years into the century of progress—that Congress passed the Government Securities Act setting up a federal regulatory regime for government securities brokers, dealers, and clearinghouses. [6] 1] On that same day, the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair began. [2] 4] Quite a lively discussion ensued.

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Let’s Stop Treating Crypto as If It Were Finance

Reynolds Holding

Members of Congress and financial regulators from the Federal Reserve, U.S. In advancing this view, Congress and the regulators appear to be following a path laid out by crypto companies seeking legitimacy through inclusion (on their own terms), in regulated finance. Crypto and the Purpose of Finance.

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

Reynolds Holding

The basic bargain that President Franklin Roosevelt and Congress laid out 90 years ago was that investors get to decide which risks to take so long as those companies raising money from the public make what Roosevelt called, “complete and truthful disclosure.” Caveat inviter, though, at the SEC, we are Merritt neutral.

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SEC Chair Speaks Before the Investment Company Institute

Reynolds Holding

1] The 1929 Crash and ensuing Great Depression led President Roosevelt and Congress to set up the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [2] and SEC. [3] As is customary, I’d like to note that my views are my own as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and I’m not speaking on behalf of my fellow Commissioners or the SEC staff.

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SEC Commissioner Peirce Dissents from Rules on Cybersecurity Disclosure

Reynolds Holding

5] The release explains that Congress gave “the Commission, which regulates dynamic aspects of a market economy,” “intentionally broad” authority to require disclosures on a wide range of matters, even ones that do “not directly relate to a company’s value and financial condition.” [6] Accordingly, I dissent.