New Study Says SEC Revolving Door Does Not Impact Prosecutions

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Mark Melin
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*A new academic study considering the potential of a “revolving door” at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) influencing outcomes indicates that no such evidence exists, based on its limited data set. SEC revolving door incentives do not appear to undermine the prosecution When considering accounting misrepresentations and civil trials, the study says that “revolving door incentives do not appear to undermine the prosecution of civil cases against accounting misrepresentations.” Revolving doors result in regulated firms hiring lawyers from the ranks of their regulators and regulators, in turn, hiring from the ranks of lawyers who battle against them. Calling…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.