SEC Forms Advisory Committee to Address Industry Challenges

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton recently testified before the House Financial Services Committee taking on several aspects of SEC oversight, including the agency’s fiscal year initiatives, strategic plan, and regulatory and policy agenda. Clayton testified that the Commission is working to form an Asset Management Advisory Committee, which would address the trends and challenges in the industry. An advisory committee, Clayton said, could lend transparency, engagement and rigor to the public discourse on the emerging issues in asset management. “Over the last two decades, major trends in retirement funding, investment philosophies, technology and capital formation have driven changes that include increased assets, new products, new strategies and new challenges in the environment for investors and investment managers,” Clayton said. The members of the committee include outside experts, including individuals representing the views of retail and institutional investors, small and large funds, intermediaries, and other market participants, the SEC announced in a press release. Edward Bernard, Senior Advisor to T. Rowe Price, was appointed the initial committee Chairman.