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Washington D.C., Nov. 25, 2025: The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will hold a virtual public meeting on Dec. 4, 2025, at 10 a.m. ET. The meeting will be webcast on the SEC website. The committee will host two panels: Regulatory Changes in Corporate Governance Tokenization of Equities: How Issuance, Trading, and Settlement Would Work with Existing Regulation The committee will also discuss a potential recommendation regarding the Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Issuer Operations. The full agenda is available on the committee’s webpage. The Investor Advisory Committee, which focuses on investor-related interests, advises the Commission on regulatory priorities and various initiatives to help protect investors and promote the integrity of the U.S. securities markets. Established by the statute, the committee is authorized by Congress to submit findings and recommendations to the Commission. Learn more about the Investor Advisory Committee by visiting the committee’s webpage. …

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Washington D.C., Nov. 21, 2025: The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force has rescheduled its Financial Surveillance and Privacy Roundtable, previously scheduled for October, to Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. “I am looking forward to getting this event back on the calendar before the end of the year. Given the many threats to people’s privacy, developing sound policies is of paramount importance,” said Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, head of the Crypto Task Force. “The SEC and other financial regulators will benefit from learning more about new tools Americans can use to protect their own data and personal information.” The roundtable will be held at the SEC's headquarters at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET. The event will be open to the public and webcast live on the SEC’s website. Doors will open at 12 p.m. ET. For in-person attendance, please register. For online attendance, registration is not necessary; a link to watch the event will be available on www.sec.gov. To learn more about the Crypto Task Force, please visit the Crypto Task Force webpage. …

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Washington D.C., Nov. 21, 2025: The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it will hold a roundtable on Dec. 16, 2025, to discuss Rule 611 of Regulation NMS and other, associated rules and regulatory requirements. This roundtable is a follow-up to the SEC’s Sept. 18, 2025, Roundtable on Trade-Through Prohibitions. The roundtable will be open to the public and held at the University of Austin’s campus at the Scarbrough Building, located at 522 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas. The number of in-person participants may be limited. Registration is required for in-person attendance. Visitors will be subject to security checks. Information regarding the roundtable’s agenda and speakers will be posted before the event. Members of the public who wish to provide their views on the current Rule 611 trade-through prohibition applicable to National Market System (NMS) stocks may submit comments electronically or on paper. Comments should be submitted using one method only. Information that is submitted will become part of the public record of the roundtable and posted on the SEC’s website. All comments received will be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are cautioned that personal identifying information is not redacted or edited from comment submissions. All submissions should refer to File Number 4-862, and the file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. Electronic Comments: Use the SEC’s online submission form or send an email to rule-comments@sec.gov with “File Number 4-862” included in the subject line. Paper Comments: Send paper comments to Vanessa Countryman, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1090. …

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Jamie Selway, Director, Division of Trading and Markets - SIFMA Market Structure Conference New York, N.Y. Nov. 20, 2025 Good morning. Katie (Kolchin), thank you for that kind introduction, and congratulations on your first SIFMA conference in this role. You may know that I was a card-carrying member of one of your committees for nearly a decade. We worked at the steady direction of Ann Vlcek, and then T.R. Lazo, professionals of both wisdom and boundless patience. Many of the issues you’ll tackle remain unresolved from those times. I wish you well and look forward to engaging with you and your members. And as the meme goes, may you find committee members who are as dedicated to SIFMA’s policy work as Brett Redfearn is to market data reform. Before I proceed, please accept the usual disclaimer: my remarks today are made in my official capacity as the Commission’s Director of the Division of Trading and Markets and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, the Commissioners, or members of the Division’s staff. Digital assets rely on distributed networks, cryptographic proofs, consensus mechanisms, and self-executing code. Because no single entity or central intermediary is necessarily involved, these assets are often called “trustless.” And yet, trust is a foundational value of our society—and of our industry, in particular. A key focus of the Commission under Chairman Atkins’ leadership is to rebuild trust across the marketplace. At the same time, the Chairman endeavors to extend that marketplace to integrate “trustless” digital assets, which present promising innovations and efficiencies. The tension inherent in these tasks is worth your reflection. Ganson Purcell was our Division’s second Director. In the wake of the Great Depression, the Commission worked to rebuild trust in a broken marketplace. Often, its work was met with skepticism from various participants, many jealous of another’s perceived position. In a speech at …

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Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda Remarks at the ICI Retail Alternatives and Closed-End Funds Conference New York, NY Nov. 20, 2025 Good morning and thank you for the invitation to speak with you today.[1] Historically, this conference has been focused on closed-end funds, but it has been since re-branded to include retail alternatives. Today, my remarks will focus on the future use of private investments as part of diversified portfolios in defined contribution plans. Before we discuss the future, however, let us turn to the past. By the early 2000s, it was clear that there had been a sizable shift in how workers were to provide for their retirement needs. Previously, many could rely on Social Security and company-sponsored defined benefit pension plans. Now, individuals are increasingly dependent on participant-directed vehicles, such as 401(k) plans, which moved the burden of accumulating sufficient assets for retirement to them. Accordingly, individual Americans are responsible for constructing and managing their own retirement portfolios, which can be challenging. In 2006, Congress made this task a bit easier by enacting the Pension Protection Act, which amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).[2] One provision addressed the practice of many defined contribution plans at the time to automatically default participants into money market funds, stable value funds, and similar vehicles, should the participant not actively select an investment choice. While these types of investment options present little risk of capital loss, they will not provide returns over time sufficient to generate adequate retirement savings. Thus, Section 624(a) of the Pension Protection Act required the adoption of regulations to provide guidance on designating default investments with a mix of asset classes consistent with capital preservation or long-term capital appreciation, or a blend of both. In 2007, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) adopted …

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