SEC's White Wants Inside Look At Asset Management Industry

Mark Melin

Published onDecember 11, 2014

Updated on May 13, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Mary Jo White today outlined three core initiatives designed to reign in asset manager risk.

“The financial crisis only underscored the importance of the careful management of risk by funds and their advisers, including portfolio composition and operational risks in particular,” White said in prepared remarks at the New York Times Dealbook conference Thursday.

White’s focus is in three areas: data transparency, portfolio composition and worst case asset transition plans.

SEC's Mary Jo White looking for additional input in real time

White is looking for additional input in real time...

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

SEC's White Wants Inside Look At Asset Management Industry

SEC's Mary Jo White looking for additional input in real time

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