Commissioner Lee Departing the SEC
Allison Herren Lee, who has served as an SEC Commissioner since July 2019, announced that she will be stepping down from her post when her term expires in June.
March 18, 2022
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All Things Digital, Private Markets Highlighted at SEC Speaks Conference
SEC commissioners and senior SEC officials provided updates on high priority issues and initiatives at the recent SEC Speaks in 2021 conference. Digital engagement practices, digital assets, and the private markets dominated their remarks.
October 15, 2021
SEC’s AMAC Discusses ESG, Diversity & Inclusion, and Private Funds
The SEC’s Asset Management Advisory Committee’s (AMAC’s) March meeting covered several topics that are high on the SEC’s policy agenda and introduced two new agenda items for 2021.
April 02, 2021
SEC Staff to Increase Focus on Climate-Related Disclosures
Acting Chair Allison Herren Lee has directed staff in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance to “enhance its focus on climate-related disclosure in public company filings.”
March 01, 2021
SEC Acting Chair Lee Changes Policy on Contingent Settlement Offers
SEC Acting Chair Allison Herren Lee has reversed a practice that has allowed the SEC’s Division of Enforcement to recommend a settlement offer to the SEC that is conditioned on granting a waiver from a disqualification provision under the federal securities laws.
February 17, 2021
SEC Acting Chair Boosts Enforcement Division Powers
Acting Chair Allison Herren Lee has restored authority to senior Division of Enforcement officers to initiate formal investigations – authority they had been stripped of by the Trump Administration.
February 11, 2021
Acting Chairs: Lee at SEC, Behnam at CFTC
President Joe Biden has designated SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee as the agency’s Acting Chair.
January 29, 2021