The plain truth is that barring some unforeseen disaster, the Senate will confirm Clayton as SEC chair soon. Compliance professionals wondering what the future may bring should start looking ahead, to whomever Clayton might name to run the Divisions of Enforcement and Corporation Finance, and the Office of the Chief Accountant. Those three people will have much more direct consequence on your daily lives than Clayton.
Still, Clayton did drop a few interesting statements and clues in his testimony, so let’s get to them.
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