The US Senate has confirmed US President Donald Trump decide Paul Atkins as chair of the Securities and Change Fee in a 51-45 vote, with lawmakers largely voting alongside get together traces.
His appointment comes a number of months after Trump named Atkins to guide the fee late final yr.
Atkins beforehand served as an SEC commissioner between 2002 and 2008.
He’ll take over from Mark Uyeda, who has served because the SEC’s performing chair since Jan. 20.
”We welcome Paul Atkins as the subsequent Chairman of the SEC. A veteran of our Fee, we stay up for him becoming a member of with us, together with our devoted employees, to satisfy our mission on behalf of the investing public,” Uyeda and Commissioners Hester Peirce and Caroline Crenshaw wrote in an April 9 assertion.
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