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Commission Speeches and Public Statements
This index lists recent speeches and other public statements by the Chairman, Commissioners, and Staff of the SEC, which cover a wide range of topics concerning the state of the markets and the Commission's regulatory agenda.
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2008 Speeches and Statements by the Chairman and Commissioners
| Date |
Title |
Author |
| Third Quarter |
| Aug. 27, 2008 |
Roadmap for the Potential Use of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards from U.S. Issuers, Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Commissioner Elisse B. Walter |
| Aug. 27, 2008 |
Text of Chairman's Remarks:
Proposing a Roadmap Toward IFRS, Open Meeting, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Aug. 27, 2008 |
Statement at Open Meeting on Modernizing Disclosure Requirements for Foreign Issuers, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jul. 30, 2008 |
Text of Chairman's Remarks:
Statement at Open Meeting on Guidance to Fund Boards Regarding Investment Adviser Trading of Fund Portfolio Securities and Use of Soft Dollars, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jul. 30, 2008 |
Text of Chairman's Remarks:
Statement at Open Meeting on Municipal Securities Disclosure, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jul. 30, 2008 |
Text of Chairman's Remarks:
Statement at Open Meeting on the Use of Company Web Sites, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jul. 24, 2008 |
What the SEC Really Did on Short Selling,
"Op-Ed" for the Wall Street Journal |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jul. 22, 2008 |
Shareholder Rights, the 2008 Proxy Season, and the Impact of Shareholder Activism, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C. |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Jul. 18, 2008 |
Naked Short Selling Is One Problem a Slumping Market Shouldn't Have
"Op-Ed" for the Investor’s Business Daily |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jul. 16, 2008 |
Remarks Before the Exchequer Club of Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C. |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Jul. 8, 2008 |
Statement at News Conference Announcing Release of Examination Report on Credit Rating Agencies, Washington, D.C. |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jul. 8, 2008 |
Remarks Before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Mid-Market Elite Series, Cleveland, Ohio |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Second Quarter |
| Jun. 27, 2008 |
Corporate Governance in the USA against the Background of Recent Developments, Remarks to the 7th German Corporate Governance Code Conference, Berlin, Germany (English translation)
Speech as delivered in German |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Jun. 25, 2008 |
Text of Chairman's Remarks:
Statement on Proposal to Increase Investor Protection by Reducing Reliance on Credit Ratings, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jun. 25, 2008 |
Text of Chairman's Remarks:
Statement at Open Meeting on Equity-Indexed Annuities, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jun. 25, 2008 |
Text of Chairman's Remarks:
Statement at Open Meeting on Amendments to Rule 15a-6, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jun. 25, 2008 |
Text of Chairman's Remarks:
Statement at Open Meeting on Streamlining the Review of SRO Rulemaking, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jun. 23, 2008 |
Making Disclosure More Useful for Public Company Directors, Keynote Address to the Stanford Law School Directors' College, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jun. 19, 2008 |
A Brave New World For Financial Regulation — "Op-Ed" for the Wall Street Journal |
Christopher Cox |
| Jun. 16, 2008 |
Remarks Before the Irish Banking Federation, Dublin, Ireland |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Jun. 16, 2008 |
Remarks Before the Global Financial Services Centres Conference, Dublin, Ireland |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Jun. 12, 2008 |
Disclosure from the User's Perspective, Address to the CFA Institute Conference on Next Generation Asset Management, Washington, D.C. |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jun. 11, 2008 |
Statement at Open Meeting to Consider Proposed Rules under the Rating Agency Act, Washington, D.C. |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Jun. 11, 2008 |
Text of Chairman's Remarks:
Statement at Open Meeting on Rules for Credit Rating Agencies, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jun. 10, 2008 |
Opening Address to International Roundtable on Interactive Data, Washington, D.C. |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| May 29, 2008 |
Remarks Before the 35th General Assembly of the Geneva Association, Bermuda |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| May 28, 2008 |
'International Financial Reporting Standards: The Promise of Transparency and Comparability for the Benefit of Investors Around the Globe', Address to the Annual Conference of the International Organization of Securities Commissions, Paris, France |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| May 28, 2008 |
Remarks at the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy
Subcommittee Meeting on the Future of Responsible Subprime Lending, Washington, D.C. |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| May 21, 2008 |
Text of Chairman's Remarks:
Opening Statement at Open Meeting on Requiring Mutual Funds to Provide Investor Information Using Interactive Data
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| May 16, 2008 |
Remarks Before FINRA’s Market Regulation Annual Staff Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| May 14, 2008 |
Text of Chairman's Remarks:
Opening Statement — Open Meeting on the Use of Technology to Improve Financial Reporting
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| May 7, 2008 |
Address to the Security Traders 12th Annual Washington Conference, Washington, D.C. |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| May 7, 2008 |
Text of Chairman's Remarks:
Videotaped Remarks at the 17th XBRL International Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| May 7, 2008 |
Remarks Before the Security Traders Association, Washington, D.C. |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| May 2, 2008 |
Northeastern University Commencement Address, Boston, Massachusetts |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Apr. 30, 2008 |
Keynote Address to the Investment Company Institute 4th Annual Mutual Fund Leadership Dinner, Washington, D.C. |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Apr. 23, 2008 |
Opening Remarks at Joint Regulatory Anti-Money Laundering Training, Washington, D.C. |
Commissioner
Kathleen L. Casey |
| Apr. 18, 2008 |
Remarks before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C. |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Apr. 17, 2008 |
Improving Financial Markets, Remarks to the Vanderbilt University Financial Markets Research Center, Conference on Securitization, Nashville, Tennessee |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Apr. 14, 2008 |
Remarks Before the American Chamber of Commerce, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Apr. 11, 2008 |
Remarks Before the Investment Advisers Association, New Orleans, Washington, DC |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Apr. 3, 2008 |
Remarks Before the Twentieth Annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Apr. 3, 2008 |
An Agenda for Europe and the United States, Sixth Annual Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century, Armonk, New York |
Commissioner
Kathleen L. Casey |
| Apr. 1, 2008 |
Chairman's Address to the North American Securities Administrators Association 2008 Public Policy Conference, Washington, D.C. |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Apr. 1, 2008 |
Remarks Before SIFMA’s 40th Annual Seminar, Orlando, Florida |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| First Quarter |
| Mar. 27, 2008 |
Remarks Before the First Annual Southeast Securities Enforcement Conference, Atlanta, Georgia |
Commissioner
Kathleen L. Casey |
| Mar. 17, 2008 |
Remarks Before the Investment Company Institute's
2008 Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference, Phoenix, Arizona |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Mar. 11, 2008 |
Furthering the German-American Relationship: Our Mutual Interest in Maintaining Strong and Vibrant Global Capital Markets, Remarks to AmCham Germany, Berlin, Germany (English translation)
Speech as delivered in German |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Mar. 6, 2008 |
Remarks before the Conference on SEC Regulation Outside the United States, London, England |
Commissioner
Kathleen L. Casey |
| Mar. 4, 2008 |
Regulation S-P: Privacy of Consumer Financial Information
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Mar. 4, 2008 |
"Naked" Short Selling Anti-Fraud Rule
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Mar. 4, 2008 |
Exchange-Traded Funds, Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Mar. 3, 2008 |
Remarks to the Institute of International Bankers, Washington, D.C. |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Feb. 22, 2008 |
Remarks to the 28th Annual Northwest Securities Institute, Seattle, Washington |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Feb. 21, 2008 |
Remarks Before the ALI-ABA Conference on "Corporate Governance: The Changing Environment", Washington, D.C. |
Commissioner
Kathleen L. Casey |
| Feb. 13, 2008 |
Order Regarding Review of FASB Accounting Support Fee for 2008 under Section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Feb. 13, 2008 |
Amendments to Form ADV, Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Feb. 13, 2008 |
Exemption from Registration/Reporting Enhancements for Foreign Private Issuers, Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C.
|
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Feb. 8, 2008 |
Remarks Before SEC Speaks, Washington, D.C. |
Commissioner
Kathleen L. Casey |
| Feb. 8, 2008 |
"The 75th Anniversary of the Securities Act": Remarks to the Association of Securities and Exchange Alumni 16th Annual Dinner, Washington, D.C. |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Feb. 8, 2008 |
Remarks to the 'SEC Speaks in 2008' Program of the Practising Law Institute, Washington, D.C. |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Feb. 8, 2008 |
"The SEC Agenda for 2008": Remarks to the 'SEC Speaks in 2008' Program of the Practising Law Institute, Washington, D.C. |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Feb. 1, 2008 |
Remarks on Acceptance of the Atlantic Leadership Award from the European-American Business Council, Washington, D.C. |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
| Jan. 25, 2008 |
Stoneridge and the Rule of Law — "Op-Ed" for the Wall Street Journal |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Jan. 18, 2008 |
Remarks at the Federalist Society Lawyers' Chapter of Dallas, Texas, Dallas, Texas |
Commissioner
Paul S. Atkins |
| Jan. 10, 2008 |
"International Business — An SEC Perspective" Address to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' International Issues Conference, Washington, D.C. |
Chairman
Christopher Cox |
2008 Speeches and Statements by Commission Staff
| Date |
Title |
Author |
| Third Quarter |
| Sep. 9, 2008 |
"Why Does Fraud Occur and What Can Deter or Prevent it?", Southwest Securities Enforcement Conference, Ft. Worth, Texas |
Lori Richards, Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations |
| Aug. 27, 2008 |
Opening Remarks before the Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Christina Chalk, Senior Special Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance |
| Aug. 27, 2008 |
Opening Remarks before the Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Conrad Hewitt, Chief Accountant, Office of Chief Accountant; John White, Director, Division of Corporation Finance; and Paul Dudek, Chief, Office of International Corporation Finance |
| Aug. 27, 2008 |
Opening Remarks before the Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Elliot B. Staffin,
Special Counsel,
Office of International Corporation Finance, Division of Corporation Finance |
| Aug. 27, 2008 |
Opening Remarks before the Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Felicia H. Kung,
Senior Special Counsel,
Office of International Corporation Finance, Division of Corporation Finance |
| Aug. 11, 2008 |
Corporation Finance in 2008 — A Year of Progress, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, New York, New York |
John W. White, Director, Division of Corporation Finance |
| Aug. 7, 2008 |
Statement at News Conference Announcing Citigroup Preliminary Settlement, Washington, D.C.
See also: Press Release No. 2008-168
|
Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement |
| Jul. 30, 2008 |
Commission Guidance on the Use of Company Web Sites:
Opening Remarks at the SEC Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Kim McManus, Special Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance |
| Second Quarter |
| Jun. 25, 2008 |
Opening Remarks before the Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of Investment Management |
| Jun. 25, 2008 |
Division Statement before the Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Steven Hearne, Special Counsel, Division of Corporation Finance
|
| Jun. 25, 2008 |
Proposed Amendments to Exchange Act Rule 15a-6 — Conditional Exemption of Certain Foreign Brokers or Dealers, Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Erik R. Sirri, Director, Division of Trading and Markets |
| Jun. 25, 2008 |
Proposed Amendments Relating to References to Ratings of Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations, Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Erik R. Sirri, Director, Division of Trading and Markets |
| Jun. 25, 2008 |
Amendment to Rules Relating to Organization and Program Management Concerning Proposed Rule Changes Filed by Self-Regulatory Organizations, Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Erik R. Sirri, Director, Division of Trading and Markets |
| Jun. 19, 2008 |
Investors' Choice in the Regulation of Global Capital Markets?, 2008 International Corporate Governance Network Annual Conference, Seoul, Korea |
Ethiopis Tafara, Director, Office of International Affairs |
| Jun. 11, 2008 |
Opening Remarks before the Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Erik R. Sirri, Director, Division of Trading and Markets |
| Jun. 5, 2008 |
IFRS and U.S. Companies: A Look Ahead, Financial Executives International
Global Financial Reporting Convergence Conference, New York, New York |
John W. White, Director, Division of Corporation Finance |
| Jun. 4, 2008 |
Keynote Address Before SIFMA's Institutional Brokerage Conference, New York, New York |
Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of Investment Management |
| Jun. 4, 2008 |
It's Always Something, Compliance Week Conference, Washington, D.C. |
Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement |
| Jun. 2, 2008 |
Remarks Before the NAVA Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Conference, Washington, D.C. |
Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of Investment Management |
| May 29, 2008 |
IFRS and U.S. Companies, SEC and Financial Reporting Institute 27th Annual Conference, Pasadena, California |
Conrad Hewitt, Chief Accountant |
| May 19, 2008 |
Opening Remarks to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Regulatory Symposium on Insider Trading, New York, New York |
Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement |
| May 14, 2008 |
Division Statement before the Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
James Lopez, Legal Branch Chief, Division of Corporation Finance |
| May 12, 2008 |
Keeping up with the Smartest Guys in the Room: Raising the Bar for Corporate Boards, Los Angeles, California |
Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement |
| May 9, 2008 |
Luncheon Address at the SIFMA Market Structure Conference 2008: Maximizing Liquidity in the U.S. Equity Markets, New York, New York |
Erik R. Sirri, Director, Division of Trading and Markets |
| May 2, 2008 |
Remarks before the 2008 Options Industry Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada |
Erik R. Sirri, Director, Division of Trading and Markets |
| Apr. 30, 2008 |
Foreign Issuers & the U.S. Securities Laws 2008: Strategies for the Changing Regulatory Environment, New York, New York |
Erik R. Sirri, Director, Division of Trading and Markets |
| Apr. 24, 2008 |
Keynote Address at the Practicing Law Institute,
Investment Management Institute 2008, New York, N.Y. |
Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of Investment Management |
| Apr. 12, 2008 |
Remarks Before the ABA Section of Business Law Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Dallas, Texas |
Brian G. Cartwright, General Counsel |
| Apr. 10, 2008 |
The Vigor of the S.E.C. — Letter to the Editor of the New York Times |
Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement |
| First Quarter |
| Mar. 28, 2008 |
The Role of the States (Foreign and Domestic), Distinguished Scholar Address — Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware |
Brian G. Cartwright, General Counsel |
| Mar. 27, 2008 |
Remarks Before the Minority Corporate Counsel 2008 CLE Expo, Chicago, Illinois |
Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement |
| Mar. 26, 2008 |
Regulatory Keynote Address — Outlook From the SEC, Second Annual Capital Markets Summit, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C. |
Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement |
| Mar. 21, 2008 |
Remarks before the IA Week and the Investment Adviser Association 10th Annual IA Compliance Best Practices Summit 2008, Washington, D.C. |
Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of Investment Management |
| Mar. 20, 2008 |
Focus Areas in SEC Examinations of Investment Advisers: the Top 10, Remarks before the IA Compliance Best Practices Summit 2008, Washington, DC |
Lori Richards, Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations |
| Mar. 10, 2008 |
Keynote Address at the 9th Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds, London, England |
Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of Investment Management |
| Feb. 20, 2008 |
The New Frontier and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, ASIC Summer School 2008, Melbourne, Australia |
Ethiopis Tafara, Director, Office of International Affairs |
| Feb. 19, 2008 |
U.S. Experience of Insider Trading Enforcement , Remarks Before the Australian Securities and Investments Commission 2008 Summer School, Melbourne, Australia |
Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director, Division of Enforcement |
| Feb. 13, 2008 |
Opening Remarks before the Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Elliot B. Staffin, Special Counsel, and Felicia H. Kung, Senior Special Counsel, Office of International Corporation Finance, Division of Corporation Finance |
| Feb. 1, 2008 |
Keynote Speech at the SIFMA 2008 Dark Pools Symposium, New York, NY |
Erik R. Sirri, Director, Division of Trading and Markets |
| Jan. 23, 2008 |
Corporation Finance in 2008 — A Focus on Financial Reporting, 35th Annual Securities Regulation Institute, San Diego, California |
John W. White, Director, Division of Corporation Finance |
| Jan. 17, 2008 |
Frequently-Asked Questions About SEC Examinations, SIFMA Compliance and Legal Division January General Luncheon Meeting, New York, N.Y. |
Lori Richards, Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations |
| Jan. 15, 2008 |
Address at the Mutual Fund Directors Forum Second Annual Directors' Institute, Fort Myers, Florida |
Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of Investment Management |
| Jan. 14, 2008 |
Corporation Finance in 2008 – International Initiatives, London, England |
John W. White, Director, Division of Corporation Finance |
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