The Securities and Exchange Commission has stuck to its promise to focus on initiatives that improve capital formation and lighten the regulatory burden, but that doesn’t mean the regulator is letting up on its mission to protect investors.
Since his first appearance as part of the nominating process to become chairman at the SEC, Jay Clayton has focused on capital formation, said Mark Miskinis, a partner at Deloitte, during a panel discussion at Compliance Week’s recent annual conference. “The goal is to make it easier to be a public company,” he said. “They are trying to find ways to do that without negatively impacting investor protection.”
