SEC’s Atkins doubles down on cautious regulation in FT interview

“…in more recent years [the SEC] was not grounded in precedent [or] predictability. It would shoot first and then ask questions later,” Atkins said.

In an exclusive interview with the Financial Times (FT), SEC Chair Paul Atkins criticized what he called the agency’s missteps under the Biden administration and set out his vision for a more predictable regulatory regime.

A central theme of the discussion was his opposition to the agency’s previously aggressive,

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