Mary Schapiro was unanimously confirmed by the Senate as the new chairwoman of the SEC on Thursday. Dow Jones Newswires reports that the vote came one week after Schapiro vowed in her confirmation hearing to “reinvigorate” the agency’s enforcement division.
Schapiro, who currently heads the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), previously worked as a commissioner at the SEC and chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
