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SEC outlines 2027 examination priorities

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Signaling where the agency will focus its oversight efforts during the coming year and outlining the areas that examiners believe present elevated investor risks, the SEC has released its Fiscal Year 2027 Examination Priorities.

According to the commission’s press release, the priorities “highlight areas that the [Examinations Division] believes currently

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