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Joseph Kennedy, the first Chairman of the SEC, had a saying: “No honest business need fear the SEC.”[1]
In the depths of the Great Depression, Congress and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (known for a slightly more famous quotation about
Shadow SEC: The Value of an Independent SEC
Effective and well-designed laws governing investment and financial markets are the single most important foundation for financial markets to allocate capital efficiently while providing optimal reassurance to investors and lenders. Strong empirical evidence shows the United States has a lower …