Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

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The Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is the chief executive and principal policymaker of the federal agency responsible for regulating the securities markets and protecting investors in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal executive position of the United States ⓘ
government office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment 1934 ⓘ
fieldOfWork capital markets oversight ⓘ
investor protection ⓘ
securities regulation ⓘ
hasPower authorizes enforcement actions recommended by staff ⓘ
proposes new securities regulations ⓘ
represents the SEC before Congress ⓘ
represents the SEC in interagency and international regulatory forums ⓘ
sets regulatory agenda for the SEC ⓘ
hasRole chief executive of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
principal policymaker of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
headOf U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
inceptionContext response to the 1929 stock market crash and Great Depression ⓘ
legalBasis U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ
mayBeReappointed true ⓘ
memberOf U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
officeHolderOf U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
oversees Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC ⓘ
Division of Enforcement of the SEC ⓘ
Division of Examinations of the SEC ⓘ
Division of Investment Management of the SEC ⓘ
Division of Trading and Markets of the SEC ⓘ
Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (historically) ⓘ
Office of the Chief Accountant of the SEC ⓘ
partOf U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
positionInOrganization head of the Commission ⓘ
one of five SEC commissioners ⓘ
reportsTo President of the United States (executive branch) ⓘ
United States Congress (oversight) ⓘ
responsibleFor enforcement of federal securities laws ⓘ
oversight of broker-dealers in the United States ⓘ
oversight of investment advisers in the United States ⓘ
oversight of mutual funds and investment companies in the United States ⓘ
oversight of securities exchanges in the United States ⓘ
protection of investors in the United States ⓘ
regulation of U.S. securities markets ⓘ
seat Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sector financial regulation ⓘ
termLength 5 years for commissioner appointment ⓘ

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DERA → reportsTo → Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ