SEC Considers Proposed Rules About Security-Based Swaps

On December 15, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission considered three proposed rules about the security-based swaps market. Commission Chairman Gary Gensler’s statement in support of the rules is available here. The statements of commissioners Caroline A. Crenshaw and Allison Herren Lee, also in support, are here and here, respectively. The statements in opposition of commissioners Hester M. Peirce and Elad L. Roisman are here and here, respectively.