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Tag: Gary Gensler

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New Rules Have SPACs Down, But Not Dead

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Soon after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the final version of new rules to protect investors in special purpose acquisition companies, industry analysts and news outlets all but declared the so-called “blank-check” compan...

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Top Four Artificial Intelligence Risks on SEC’s Radar

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Likely confounding an audience at Yale Law School accustomed to rote legal speeches, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler in recent remarks on artificial intelligence offered riffs on Valentine’s Day, robots and his affinit...

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Gensler Warns Big Business About Pitfalls of Spiking Climate Disclosure Rules

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Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has apparently decided to go as the Devil You Know for Halloween this year. Gensler donned his costume – in a metaphorical sense, of course – last week when speaking about the SEC’s prop...

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SEC Backs Big Budget for Crypto Crackdown

SEC Backs Big Budget for Crypto Crackdown

SEC Backs Big Budget for Crypto Crackdown

The Biden administration has proposed a record-smashing $2.4 billion budget for the SEC in fiscal year 2024, and it’s apparently already burning a hole in Gary Gensler’s pocket. To hear him tell it, the SEC chair is more than ready to use t...

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Judge's Gavel Sitting on American Dollar Bills: SEC using fines as deterrence

‘Deterrence’ is the SEC’s New Buzzword

Judge's Gavel Sitting on American Dollar Bills: SEC using fines as deterrence

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has made enforcement a well-publicized priority of his tenure. A new point of emphasis, deterrence, has apparently spun off from those efforts to show the business world the financial co...

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