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It’s been an honor to serve as @SECGov Chair. Over the past 3 years, I’ve seen firsthand how the incredible staff at the SEC serve investors and issuers alike.
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We’ve filed more than 2,000 enforcement actions. And @SECGov enforcement actions have resulted in orders for more than $6 billion in civil penalties and more than $6 billion in disgorgement.
We've been working on making our markets more efficient, competitive, transparent, and resilient.
We’ve finalized 38 rules – on Treasury clearing, corporate governance, and money market funds, to name a few.
Some things to keep in mind if you're considering investing in crypto assets:
1⃣ Those offering crypto asset investments/services may not be complying w/ applicable law, including federal securities laws. Investors in crypto asset securities should understand they may be deprived of key info & other important protections in connection w/ their investment.
2⃣ Investments in crypto assets also can be exceptionally risky & are often volatile. A number of major platforms & crypto assets have become insolvent and/or lost value. Investments in crypto assets continue to be subject to significant risk.
I believe AI is the most transformative tech of our time, on par w/ the internet & mass production of cars. AI is used in finance for acct openings, compliance programs, trading algorithms, sentiment analysis, & more. It’s fueled change with robo-advisers & brokerage apps.
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I think AI is going to continue significantly transforming science, technology, & commerce. It is important to focus on the challenges of AI. Given that we’re dealing with automation of human intelligence, the gravity of these challenges is real.
When communications, product offerings, & pricing can be narrowly targeted, producers are more able to find each individual’s maximum willingness to pay a price or purchase a product. With such narrowcasting, there is a greater chance to shift consumer welfare to producers.
Today’s markets are not as fair & competitive as possible for individual investors.
To modernize our market system and make it work better for everyone, we made four proposals on key parts of our equity market system.
Please submit comments by tomorrow.
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1⃣ Best Execution
This rule would set a best execution standard & framework for broker-dealers. It would help ensure that brokers have policies & procedures in place to uphold one of their most important obligations: to seek best execution when trading securities.
2⃣ Order Competition
This rule would req a segment of the equity mkts—mktable orders of individual investors—to be exposed to comp in fair & open auctions. It would promote competition for the orders of individual investors, to the benefit of these investors & our capital mkts.
Yesterday, we @SECGov proposed rule amendments and requirements on a few matters.
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1⃣ We proposed amendments to require covered firms to notify their customers of data breaches. I support this b/c, through making critical updates to a rule first adopted in 2000, this proposal would help protect the privacy of customers’ financial data.
2⃣ We proposed cybersecurity requirements for broker-dealers, clearinghouses, and other market entities. I support this proposal because, if adopted, it would set standards for these market entities’ cybersecurity practices.
The four equity market structure rules that we proposed @SECGov a few weeks ago are out for public comment.
Here's a bit about our proposed rules 👇
Our Best Ex Proposal
This rule would help ensure that brokers have policies & procedures in place to uphold 1 of their most important obligations: to seek best execution when trading securities, whether equities, fixed income, options, crypto security tokens or other securities.
Enhancing Order Competition Proposal
This rule would require a segment of the equity mkt to be exposed to competition in fair & open auctions. It would promote competition for the orders of individual investors, to the benefit of these investors and our capital mkts as a whole.