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Tradition holds that the acting chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission resigns upon the inauguration of a new president. Thus, many industry experts expect Chairwoman Mary Jo White to step down when newly elected President Donald Trump takes office in January. Should that happen, the question becomes — who does President Trump select to head the […]
Get caught up with the Securities Docket News Wire for November 9, 2016.
In a sign of Mr. Trump’s rightward tilt, former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins is heading up the president-elect’s transition team’s work concerning the SEC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and other financial regulators that historically operate independently of the White House, these people said. Mr. Atkins is an outspoken opponent of a range of postcrisis […]