5 days ago
DOGE arrives at SEC
DOGE staffers are being 'onboarded' according to an internal email from the SEC telling staff to be polite but run substantive requests by a liaison team
Commissioner Crenshaw blasts SEC for ‘unlawful,’ ‘political’ effort to kill highly controversial rule without due process
1 week ago
Uyeda promises stability amidst upheaval
Industry leaders are relieved at the promise of low-intensity regulation, despite drastic changes driven by a reality that bears little resemblance to an orderly blueprint
Enforcement to take hardest hit of buyout that could shrink staff 10% to 15%, well below size at the end of Trump1, even without further reductions
Tantra to be MFDF chair in 2026 after Donohue retires; plans include deeper education in alternative assets, more training for trustees moving into board leadership roles
3 weeks ago
DIM boss promises new marketing rule FAQs
Transparency advocate Natasha Greiner said new guidance will allow RIAs to advertise gross individual performance as well as net, if the context is right
3 weeks ago
Gov’t shutdown would put SEC on hold
A government shutdown beginning March 14 would leave 400 of 5,000 SEC staff on duty, freeze all but emergency action and enforcement
3 weeks ago
Uyeda calls flurry of SEC changes ‘methodical’
Despite reversals, reorganization, acting chair Mark Uyeda promises slow changes to address 'overly ambitious' Gensler-era SEC
Feb. 18 executive order would eliminate independence of agencies, give control of regulatory, enforcement decisions to political appointees
Experts worry that SEC will lose impact, institutional knowledge by cooperating too willingly with White House mass-firing plan for federal workers
