Remarks at the Meeting of the Investor Advisory Committee
Good afternoon and welcome to the second Investor Advisory Committee meeting of 2025, and the first of my Chairmanship. I wish I could be there with you in person. I am now in my third tour of duty at the SEC—having previously served from 1990-1994 on the staff of former Chairmen Richard Breeden and Arthur […]
Paul S. Atkins is the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This post is based on his recent remarks. The views expressed in the post are those of Chairman Atkins and do not necessarily reflect those of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Staff.
Good afternoon and welcome to the second Investor Advisory Committee meeting of 2025, and the first of my Chairmanship. I wish I could be there with you in person. I am now in my third tour of duty at the SEC—having previously served from 1990-1994 on the staff of former Chairmen Richard Breeden and Arthur Levitt, as a Commissioner from 2002-2008, and now as Chairman. As I have said before, it is a new day at the SEC, and I look forward to working with the Committee in this important work.
Earlier this year, the Commission made a call for candidates to fill vacancies on the Committee. We received almost 200 submissions. Commission staff is now in the process of reviewing these submissions to make recommendations to the Commissioners on which candidates to interview. Hopefully, final selections will be made in time for the new members to join your next quarterly meeting in September. The substantial interest in joining the Committee demonstrates the importance of the work that all of you are doing, and I thank you for your commitment to public service.
At today’s meeting, the Committee will discuss the proxy voting process for funds and trends in pass-through voting. The topic of proxy voting, proxy advisors, and shareholder activism is extremely important to me, (more…)
