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. Mon, 04 May 2026 11:32:09 +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 Remarks by Chairman Atkins on Capital Formation, IPO Incentives, and the SEC’s Regulatory Approach – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Remarks by Chairman Atkins on Capital Formation, IPO Incentives, and the SEC’s Regulatory Approach https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/04/30/remarks-by-chairman-atkins-on-capital-formation-ipo-incentives-and-the-secs-regulatory-approach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remarks-by-chairman-atkins-on-capital-formation-ipo-incentives-and-the-secs-regulatory-approach https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/04/30/remarks-by-chairman-atkins-on-capital-formation-ipo-incentives-and-the-secs-regulatory-approach/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:32:16 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=180722?d=20260429153346EDT Posted by Paul Atkins, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on Thursday, April 30, 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 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 its staff.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you all for being present with us today. Because of conflicting official commitments, I am on the other side of town. Unfortunately, I do not have the gift of omnipresence. But, thanks to video technology, I can at least be with you to share some thoughts. If I could do so, I would be present to talk to you all in person.

Before I go further, I should also like to add the customary disclaimer that the views I express here are my own as Chairman and not necessarily those of the SEC as an institution or of the other Commissioners.

Today, the Committee will turn its focus to a challenge that I consider among the most consequential before us: how to encourage more companies—especially small and burgeoning businesses—to go public.

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