SEC’s Mary Jo White Under Fire Over Conflict Of Interest

Mark Melin

Published onJune 17, 2015

Updated on May 13, 2021

A battle regarding the tenure of Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White is taking shape over a commissioner appointment, ValueWalk sources close to the situation have said. The nomination of Covington & Burling lawyer Keir Gumbs, who is a corporate and securities partner and was counsel to a former SEC commissioner, has raised the ire of reformers.

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Revolving door and holding all regulated participants to the same legal standard at issue in SEC appointment

Gumbs has been reported by Bloomberg as being under consideration for the SEC post....

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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 Mary Jo White Under Fire Over Conflict Of Interest

Revolving door and holding all regulated participants to the same legal standard at issue in SEC appointment

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