SEC Rounds Out Top Echelon

Traders Magazine, August, 2008 by Nina Mehta

The Securities and Exchange Commission, which has operated with just three commissioners since February, will soon have a full slate. The U.S. Senate in June approved three new commissioners, including a replacement for Paul Atkins, who earlier this year said he would leave the SEC in August.

The new regulatory execs are Troy Paredes, Luis Aguilar and Elisse Walter. Aguilar and Walter, who was sworn in as a Commissioner last month, are Democratic appointments, since by law no more than three of the commissioners can be of the same party. The three will join SEC chairman Christopher Cox and Commissioner Kathleen Casey.

"The Commission has been relatively stable over a number of years, so this is a very significant change to have three new commissioners," said John...

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