The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:30:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Speech by Chair Atkins on Reducing Regulatory Burdens and Promoting Market-Driven Capital Formation – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Speech by Chair Atkins on Reducing Regulatory Burdens and Promoting Market-Driven Capital Formation https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/04/22/speech-by-chair-atkins-on-reducing-regulatory-burdens-and-promoting-market-driven-capital-formation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=speech-by-chair-atkins-on-reducing-regulatory-burdens-and-promoting-market-driven-capital-formation https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/04/22/speech-by-chair-atkins-on-reducing-regulatory-burdens-and-promoting-market-driven-capital-formation/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:32:28 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=180563?d=20260421135657EDT Posted by Paul Atkins, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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Paul S. Atkins is the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This post is based on his recent speech. The views expressed in the post are those of Chairman Atkins and do not necessarily reflect those of the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. David, thank you for your warm words of introduction and for the invitation to join you here at the Economic Club of Washington. Like much of the Club’s membership, your career has been animated by a sense of great civic purpose. And you are no stranger as to how regulatory issues affect the marketplace. So, it is a special pleasure to be with you, and I look forward to our conversation in just a few moments.

Of course, I should also like to thank the market participants and business leaders who are here today, as well as my counterparts from across the Administration. I am grateful for your presence this morning, and for your partnership in the work that we share.

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