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Carl Ayers

Carl Ayers Carl Ayers, Publisher | 202-908-6194 | cayers@regcompliancewatch.com Carl has been the publisher of Regulatory Compliance Watch since 2008. He has won several national journalism awards, including for investigative reporting. In 2018, Ayers won two awards - a second place award for Best Spot News for a story reporting Form ADV developments ahead of the SEC (IA Watch, July 6, 2017), and a third place award for Best Investigative Reporting for a series on an adviser that initially fought SEC charges (IA Watch, July 27, 2017). He has worked at newspapers, in television news and in healthcare journalism. Carl hails from New Jersey, earned his master's degree from Northwestern University and enjoys playing guitar, working out and pursuing golf.
"The proposal seeks to curb potential abuses of our rules and enhance transparency for investors, while not unduly restricting issuer and individual trading in a ...
SEC Commissioner Crenshaw
"The goal of the rule is to help ensure that an insider does not have MNPI at the time they make a trade"
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
"I support today’s proposal to address potential abuses of Rule 10b5-1(c) trading arrangements.  The proposed cooling-off periods of 120 days for officers and directors and ...
Sideletter
"Not only is 45 days shorter than our customary comment periods, which have typically been 90 or at least 60 days, these brief comment periods ...
"It wasn’t just Archegos and AIG, though. In 1998, Long-Term Capital Management failed, bringing with it a $100-billion balance sheet and more than $1 trillion ...
"Today’s proposal also includes a rule aimed at protecting the independence and objectivity of security-based swap entities’ chief compliance officers (CCOs) by prohibiting actions to ...
"The proposed rule would seek to safeguard the independence and objectivity of a security-based swap entity’s CCO by preventing the personnel of that entity from ...
"Proposed Rule 10B-1 likewise may serve to squelch legitimate market activity. It requires firms to report publicly large security-based swap positions, along with their positions ...
Sideletter
I also have concerns about proposed Rule 10B-1 regarding public large position reporting
SEC Commissioner Crenshaw
"As you work on and advocate for policy to encourage divestment from carbon intensive activity, it is critical to consider the growing expansion of the ...
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