Amanda Rose on the Mission, Governance, and Politics of the SEC and Its Major Challenges Moving Forward

Amanda Rose is a professor at Vanderbilt Law School where she works as a scholar on securities law and the institutional design of the regulatory regimes enforcing those laws. Amanda joins Macro Musings to talk about the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), its work and role in promoting financial stability, and her research on the SEC. Amanda and David specifically discuss the politics, governance, and politicization of the SEC, the mission of the agency, and the major issues that it must face moving forward.

 

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Transcript for the episode can be found here.

 

Amanda’s Vanderbilt Law profile: https://law.vanderbilt.edu/bio/amanda-rose

 

Related Links:

 

*Calculating SEC Whistleblower Awards: A Theoretical Approach* by Amanda Rose

https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2143&context=faculty-publications

 

*SPAC Mergers, IPOs, and the PSLRA’s Safe Harbor: Unpacking Claims of Regulatory Arbitrage* by Amanda Rose

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3945975

 

*A Response to Calls for SEC-Mandated ESG Disclosure* by Amanda Rose

https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6545&context=law_lawreview

 

*Should the Securities and Exchange Commission Adopt a Mandatory ESG-Disclosure Framework?* by Amanda Rose

https://www.mercatus.org/publications/financial-markets/should-securities-and-exchange-commission-adopt-mandatory-esg

 

*SEC Announces Enforcement Results for FY 2021* by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-238

 

*The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives* by Jesse Eisinger

https://www.sandmanbooks.com/book/9781501121371

 

*Can NFTs Be Securities? The SEC Says Yes* by PYMNTS

https://www.pymnts.com/nfts/2022/pymnts-nft-series-can-nfts-be-securities-the-sec-says-yes/

 

*Crypto Exchanges Will Face More Scrutiny, Says SEC Chair* by Rahul Nambiampurath

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-exchanges-face-more-scrutiny-150149395.html#:~:text=SEC%20Chair%20Gary%20Gensler%20has,world%20are%20scrutinizing%20crypto%20exchanges.

 

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