SEC Chair Gensler to Defend Climate, Crypto Plans Before GOP-Led Panel

WASHINGTON—Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler is set to defend his regulatory agenda Tuesday before a House panel that has grown hostile to his plans under Republican leadership of the committee. “The SEC is the cop on the beat watching out for your constituents,” Mr. Gensler said in prepared remarks for the hearing before the House Financial Services Committee. Among other initiatives, Mr. Gensler has moved to mandate climate-change disclosures from public companies, boos

• 2023-04-18
• Gary Gensler The SEC Financial Services Committee public companies

Lack of Crypto Audit Regulation Raises Questions About PCAOB Authority

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is facing calls to be the regulator that brings supervision to bear on auditors of cryptocurrency companies, even as the majority of crypto businesses fall outside its jurisdiction.

• 2023-02-17
• PCAOB SEC Public Company Accounting Oversight Board broker-dealers public companies Prager Metis SEC cryptocurrency