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Home'34 Act/OtherNew SEC Chair Nominee is Paul Atkins
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New SEC Chair Nominee is Paul Atkins

Broc RomanekUpdated on December 5, 2024December 5, 20241 min read
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Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins has been selected as the new SEC Chair nominee. Paul served as a Commissioner from 2002 to 2008 and was a staffer at the SEC during the ’90s.

Here are articles about this selection:

  • WSJ’s “Trump Picks Paul Atkins to Run SEC”
  • NY Times’ “Trump Picks Paul Atkins to Run the SEC”
  • Washington Post’s “Trump taps Paul Atkins to lead SEC, signaling shift on crypto regulation”
  • Bloomberg’s “Trump Picks Atkins, Ex-SEC Commissioner, to Succeed Gensler”
  • Politico’s “Former SEC commissioner Atkins picked to lead Wall Street regulator”
  • CNN’s “Trump taps crypto enthusiast Paul Atkins to lead the SEC and Gail Slater as the new tech antitrust cop”

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