The Obama administration tapped two academics to fill vacancies on the Securities and Exchange Commission, bucking the trend of turning to white collar criminal defense lawyers to fill key regulatory appointments. Democratic commissioner nominee Fairfax favorite of Sen. Elizabeth Warren The nominee for the Democrat SEC commissioner is George Washington University law professor Lisa Fairfax, known for having expertise in shareholder activism, corporate governance and securities. The Republican nominee, Hester Maria Peirce, is George Mason University research fellow at Mercatus Center, a free-market orientated think tank. Both nominees require Senate confirmation. The nomination of two academics comes after a behind the…
Obama Administration Appoints Academics To SEC
Mark Melin
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.