Neil Roland

1 week ago | mlex.com | Neil Roland

By Neil Roland ( June 19, 2025, 19:49 GMT | Comment) -- President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” would eliminate or dilute four agencies created with bipartisan support this century to advance financial stability and consumer protection.

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Neil Roland

By Neil Roland ( June 9, 2025, 21:11 GMT | Comment) -- Tucked in US Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman’s bank-friendly oversight agenda, unveiled Friday, is a capital requirements plan also pursued by her predecessor in the Biden administration.

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Neil Roland

By Neil Roland ( June 5, 2025, 20:32 GMT | Insight) -- The US Senate budget reconciliation bill would fold the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board into the Securities and Exchange Commission for “political and ideological” rather than fiscal reasons, 46 experts said in a letter to senior lawmakers. “The PCAOB-SEC transfer proposal is an illusory budget solution,” the letter said.

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Neil Roland

By Neil Roland ( June 4, 2025, 21:08 GMT | Insight) -- US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins acknowledged a $300 million budget shortfall in absorbing the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board if the independent audit overseer is folded into the SEC but said the commission “won’t miss a beat.” Under questioning from Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, Atkins said the SEC has $100 million in savings from voluntary employee departures in recent months.

3 weeks ago | mlex.com | Neil Roland

By Neil Roland ( June 4, 2025, 19:28 GMT | Insight) -- US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins told lawmakers he will “push back” on a 2024 EU directive on human rights and climate change.