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17 (Bloomberg) -- Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker met in person with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro this week to discuss the proposed ban on proprietary trading named for him, according to a person familiar...
The SEC has gotten into trouble with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on several rules recently, precisely because it failed to justify the need or explore alternative approaches to achieving its desired goal.While we share the Journal's concern with...
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro speaks during a joint hearing before the Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee and Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit... View Photo »
We are talking to FASB about whether that is a policy that ought to be changed
Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker met in person with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro this week to discuss the proposed ban on proprietary trading named for him, according to a person familiar with the meeting. Volcker,...
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro speaks during a joint hearing on Capitol Hill last month. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro speaks during a joint hearing on Capitol Hill last month. •For 56 million...
Sprint and Verizon are also seeking permission from the SEC to exclude from consideration similar language from their proxy statements. In a letter to SEC Chair Mary Schapiro last January 31, Sen. Al Franken (D - Minn.), along with four other prominent...
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: (L-R) Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel Tarullo, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro, Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Chairman Gary Gensler and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Acting... View Photo »
We are investigating very carefully both the accounting treatment and the disclosure by the firm
The SEC recently was pressured by Congress to change course. Five U.S. Senators, all Democrats, including Minnesota's Al Franken, wrote a letter to SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro in January demanding change. "Whether the government will preserve and...
The document, formally addressed to Ben S Bernanke, chairman to the Federal Reserve, and Mary Schapiro, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, can be found here [ http://bit.ly/u8rSA0 ]. The submission is officially authored by Occupy the...
Mary L. Schapiro (b. 1955) is the 29th chairperson of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She was designated as the intended nominee by then-President-elect Barack Obama on December 18, 2008, and formally nominated upon Obama's inauguration into office on January 20, 2009. She was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on January 22,... Full Article
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: (L-R) Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel Tarullo, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro, Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Chairman Gary Gensler and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg testify...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro (R) speaks as Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel Tarullo (L) listens during a joint hearing before the Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee and Financial Institutions...
View Photo »Mary Schapiro, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee hearing on Continued Oversight on the Implementation of the Wall Street Reform Act on Capitol Hill in Washington in this December 6, 2011 file photo.
View Photo »Daniel Tarullo (C), member of the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors, testifies next to Mary Schapiro (R), Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee hearing on Continued Oversight on the Implementation of the...
View Photo »Mary Schapiro, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee hearing on Continued Oversight on the Implementation of the Wall Street Reform Act on Capitol Hill in Washington December 6, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: Mary Schapiro, chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission, participates in a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on December 6, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on oversight on...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: Mary Schapiro (L), chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Gary Gensler, chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, confer during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on December 6,...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: (L-R) Mary Schapiro, chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Martin Gruenberg, acting chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, participate in a...
View Photo »SEC Chair Mary Schapiro and Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler talk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, prior to testifying before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the implementation of the Wall Street reform act.
View Photo »SEC Chair Mary Schapiro and Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler prepare to tetsify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the implementation of the Wall Street reform act.
View Photo »SEC Chair Mary Schapiro testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the implementation of the Wall Street reform act.
View Photo »Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro (L) confers with SEC Inspector General David Kotz, prior to testifying about alleged conflicts of interest in former General Counsel David Becker's handling of aspects of the Madoff scheme, at a joint hearing of the House...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: (L-R) Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro and Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Gary Gensler talk to Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) prior to a hearing...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro gathers her papers prior to a hearing before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee December 1, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Gary Gensler (L) and Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro (R) testify during a hearing before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee December 1, 2011 on...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro testifies during a hearing before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee December 1, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on 'Continuing...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Gary Gensler (L) talks to aides as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro (R) waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry...
View Photo »Mary Schapiro, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, testifies before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry hearing on Continuing Oversight of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 1, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: (L-R) U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro participate in an open meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro (R) speaks during an open meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council with Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg (L) in the Cash Room at the Treasury...
View Photo »Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Mary Schapiro (R) speaks as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (L), U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (2nd L) and Acting Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Martin Gruenberg listen during an...
View Photo »Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) General Counsel David Becker (L) listens to testimony by SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro (R) at a joint hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro testifies before a joint hearing by the House Financial Services Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee TARP, Financial Services...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 19: SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro speaks during a meeting at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission September 19, 2011 in Washington, DC. The commission voted unanimous during the meeting on whether to propose a new rule under Section 621 of the Dodd-Frank...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Mary Schapiro (C), chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission, talks with an aide during a break in a hearing on Capitol Hill on September 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on recent legislative proposals to increase the efficiency of...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: (L-R) Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel Tarullo, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro, Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Chairman Gary Gensler and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg testify...
View Photo »We are talking to FASB about whether that is a policy that ought to be changed
We are investigating very carefully both the accounting treatment and the disclosure by the firm
A globalized marketplace only works if regulators are willing and legally able to assist one another in policing compliance
David Kotz is an experienced professional with expertise in the ethics rules who I believe would not intentionally create an appearance issue
