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SEC CHAIRMAN ARTHUR LEVITT, IOWA OFFICIALS TO HOLD INVESTORS’ TOWN MEETING IN DES MOINES
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (234+ words) Washington, D.C., Nov. 5, 2026 — On Friday, November 21, U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt, U.S.Representative Greg Ganske, and Craig Goettsch, Iowa’sSuperintendent of Securities, will hold an Investors’ TownMeeting at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Des Moines, Iowa. Morethan 800 investors are…...
Lame Duck: Remarks at the Meeting of the SEC Investor Advisory Committee
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (213+ words) Thank you, George [Georgiev]. Good morning and welcome to the Committee members and today’s panelists. Thank you for your participation in the meeting. Thank you also to Marc Sharma, Adam Moore, Charles Kwon, and Adam Anicich for their tireless work…...
Acquisitions could be solving the succession crisis, so why aren't they?
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (911+ words) An AICPA survey conducted in 2020 found that 26% of single owners and sole practitioners were planning to retire within the next five years. Today those partners have either hung up their hats and left a critical role to be filled, or…...
Why accounting firms should benchmark their hiring
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (805+ words) It's no secret that accountants love benchmarking. Internally, accounting firms benchmark their revenue per employee or productive hours against industry averages because benchmarking provides context. Yet few apply the same discipline to one of their biggest investments: their people. Recruiting…...
What offshoring vendors don't want you to know
1+ week, 2+ day ago (266+ words) Confronted by a chronic talent shortage, fee compression and ever-increasing workloads, more U.S. accounting firms are turning to offshore talent. In earlier columns I've talked about the payoff from offshoring when it's done patiently and correctly. But there are some things…...
First Amendment Sense and Sensibilities: Statement on Proposed Rescission of Pay-to-Play Rule
1+ week, 3+ day ago (308+ words) Today, the Commission proposed to rescind Investment Advisers Act rule 206(4)-5, the investment adviser “Pay-to-Play Rule.” I am thrilled that we are proposing to eliminate rather than simply amend the rule, which always has bothered my First Amendment sensibilities.[1] Political speech…...
Statement on Proposal to Rescind “Pay-to-Play” Rule
1+ week, 3+ day ago (182+ words) However, since its adoption, it has proven only to be needlessly penalizing, burdensome and complex to implement, and misaligned with the SEC’s mandate. To that end, our proposal would rescind the political contribution rule in its entirety and amend the…...
Statement on Proposed Rescission of Rule 206(4)-5 under the Investment Advisers Act
1+ week, 3+ day ago (399+ words) Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS More in this Section Statement on Proposed Rescission of Rule 206(4)-5 under the Investment Advisers Act Sixteen years ago, the Commission adopted Rule 206(4)-5 under the Investment Advisers Act (“Advisers…...
SEC Proposes Rescission of Political Contribution Rule for Investment Advisers
1+ week, 3+ day ago (317+ words) The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a proposal to rescind its “pay-to-play” rule that prohibits investment advisers from providing compensated investment advisory services to a government client for two years… Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS…...
Bill goes remote-first
1+ week, 3+ day ago (300+ words) "The remote population proved the model works: hiring stayed strong, performance stayed strong, culture stayed strong, for half the company, for years. So instead of continuing to manage the divide, we realized the better path was to build one team…...