Members question the fcc chair about Digital Currency, shareholder protection and climate related financial disclosures. This is an hour and a half. Today we will receive testimony from security and Exchange Commission chairman regarding the work and agenda of the fcc. I thank you for your willingness to appear before the committee today and mr. Clean your willingness to testify the borrower side of the fcc. You ca came before this committa year ago and am sure dusty would continue to take steps to ensure the Capital Markets remained the deepest and most liquid in the world. I commend you and the staff for your actions taken over the past year. Actions worth mentioning include the final rule package on regulation best interest which is great as the appropriate balance in increasing transparency and investors relationships while preserving access to the advice relationships and investment products. They also propose modifying the accelerated definition to reduce the number of registered
I thank you for your willingness to appear before the committee today and mr. Clean your willingness to testify the borrower side of the fcc. You ca came before this committa year ago and am sure dusty would continue to take steps to ensure the Capital Markets remained the deepest and most liquid in the world. I commend you and the staff for your actions taken over the past year. Actions worth mentioning include the final rule package on regulation best interest which is great as the appropriate balance in increasing transparency and investors relationships while preserving access to the advice relationships and investment products. They also propose modifying the accelerated definition to reduce the number of registered subject to the requirement. I encourage the commission to move forward quickly to all smaller recording companies. This summer they issued a concept release seeking Public Comment on ways to harmonize the Securities Offering exemption regarding the concept release i en
Currency, shareholders protections and climate related financial disclosures. This is an hour and a half. Today we will receive testimony from the securities and Exchange Commission jay clayton regarding the work and agenda of the sec. I thank you for your willingness to appear before the committee today, mr. Clayton, your willingness to testify is essential to our oversight of the sec. The mission of the sec is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly and efficient markets and facilitate capital formation. It plays a Critical Role in ensuring that our nation has Capital Markets that the public can have confidence and trust in and for investors as americans prepare for their futures they may not only have a wide variety of financial opportunities, but they also have the information necessary to make informed investment decisions. Chairman clayton, you came before this committee a year ago and assured us that you would continue to take steps to ensure that the u. S. Capitol markets
Good monday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. With me at post 9, our own sara eisen. Jon fortt is at the mobile World Congress in barcelona. A lot more from jon in just a moment. It is a busy morning here in the markets, especially in washington. The president wrapping up a meeting with the National Governors association this hour, holding a roundtable with Health Insurance ceos. Our eamon javers is at the white house with all the latest. Hey, eamon. Reporter yeah, good morning, carl. That meeting with the Health Insurance ceos is going to right now behind closed doors here at the white house. We expect to see some tape of that and well bring you any comments that the president does make. But this morning we saw the president in a separate meeting, meeting with the nations governors, talking a little bit about where health care is going and the efforts of the Republican Party to repeal and replace obamacare. The president striking a little bit of a glum note here this morning, a slight
The citys finances, its hiring practices and accusations of socalled pay to play politics. A recent poll has found mayor emanuel lead aring 58 to 30 with 9 undecided. The debate was moderated by bill ponce of wttwtv which cohosted the event along with the city club of chicago. This is just under an hour. Smart people may disagree about what makes a great city but part of what makes chicago great is we dont have to agree. To run a city like ours, a lot of issues come up. The city club of chicago is a place to debate those issues ask hear from the men and women whoo shape the policies, lead the t industries and tell the storiesis, that define our city. For the free and open exchange of ideas the city club of chicago. Moderator good evening and is welcome to chicago tonight,ood im phil ponce on this tuesday, march 31st. The final forum between the two candidates running for mayor of chicago, that is the full hour next on chicago tonight. Moderator the stakes in chicagos Mayoral Election c