SEC Announces Departure of Director of Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation Stacey Bowers

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Stacey Bowers, who has served as the Director of the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, will depart the agency effective October 17, 2025. She has served as Director…

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SEC Continues Efforts to Assist Market Participants During Implementation of Treasury Clearing Rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission today enhanced its efforts to assist broker-dealers and other market participants on the path to central clearing of U.S. Treasury securities, developing a one-stop webpage that puts the latest status updates, staff…

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SEC Issues Order to Reduce Operating Costs of Consolidated Audit Trail

The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued an order granting conditional exemptive relief related to certain requirements of the National Market System Plan governing the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT NMS Plan), Rule 613 of Regulation NMS, and…

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SEC Seeks Public Comment to Improve Rules on Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities and Asset-Backed Securities

The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a concept release soliciting public comment on how to improve current SEC rules governing residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and certain aspects of asset-backed securities (ABS) generally…

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SEC Announces Departure of Chief Operating Officer Ken Johnson

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Ken Johnson, who has been serving as Chief Operating Officer (COO) since December 2017, will retire from the agency in December. “Ken has been an integral leader at the SEC for more than two…

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SEC Announces Agenda, Panelists for SEC-CFTC Roundtable on Regulatory Harmonization Efforts

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have announced the agenda and panelists for their joint September 29 roundtable on regulatory harmonization efforts. The roundtable, announced earlier this month,…

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Jon Kroeper Named Deputy Director of the Division of Trading and Markets

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Jon Kroeper has been named deputy director of the agency’s Division of Trading and Markets, effective Sept. 29. Mr. Kroeper twice served at the SEC before joining the Financial Industry…

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Small Business Forum Report to Congress Highlights Recommendations to Improve Capital Raising

The Securities and Exchange Commission released a report to Congress summarizing policy recommendations made during the SEC’s 44th Annual Small Business Forum. The report provides a summary of the forum proceedings, recommendations developed by…

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SEC Approves Generic Listing Standards for Commodity-Based Trust Shares

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to approve proposed rule changes by three national securities exchanges to adopt generic listing standards for exchange-traded products that hold spot commodities, including digital assets. As a result,…

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SEC Issues Policy Statement Clarifying that Mandatory Arbitration Provisions Will Not Affect Effectiveness of Registration Statements

The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a policy statement to announce that decisions about whether to accelerate the effectiveness of a registration statement will not be affected by the presence of a provision requiring arbitration of…

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