Podcast: SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on 2024 and the road ahead

In this episode of the GRIP Podcast, Commissioner Peirce spoke about rulemaking via enforcement and what she sees ahead for the US securities watchdog in the next calendar year.

In this episode, GRIP’s US Content Manager, Julie DiMauro, and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce discussed the following topics:

  • Peirce’s growing concerns with the amount and scope of the off-channel communications recordkeeping enforcement actions.
  • Her thoughts on why rulemaking by enforcement is not effective and what a better path forward for her agency looks like.
  • How a Compliance Officer Advisory Committee could help foster greater communication and collaboration between industry stakeholders and regulators.
  • Her perspective on a more permissive stance toward digital assets and the technology undergirding them that have applications in traditional finance.
  • Her thoughts on a new era for the federal securities regulator in 2025 and beyond.

A transcript of the podcast is available here.