Policy in Pieces Salem Center for Policy

Recently departed CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz talks about his experience overseeing commodities markets, the political process governing regulation, and from his new role as an advisory partner at Andreesen Horowitz (A16Z), he discusses what he believes should be the future of crypto-asset regulation.

Harvard Law School professor John Coates talks about his recent roles at the SEC, first as the head of the Division of Corporation Finance, and then as the Agency’s general counsel. For years he has studied financial regulation through the lens of a scholar, and he shares with us what it was like to put […]

You may not realize, but the SEC is not the only securities market regulator in the US. Melanie Lubin, the Maryland Securities Commissioner and current President of NASAA (North American Securities Administrators Association), joins this episode to explain ‘cops on the beat’ securities regulation at the State level, and how States coordinate with each other […]

London Business School professor Alex Edmans, a leading scholar on ESG related issues, and author of the recent book “Grow the Pie,” joins this episode to explain a new way to think about evaluating company performance, dispelling the common belief that corporate purpose and profit can’t co-exist.

SEC Commissioner Allison Lee joins this episode to discuss her recent remarks calling for greater transparency in private markets, the impact of the secular decline in the number of public companies on retail investors, and the push for additional disclosures, particularly related to climate risk.

Wes Bricker, Vice Chair and co-leader of Trust Solutions at PwC and Chair of XBRL International, joins this episode to explain how technology is changing the corporate audit, the bumps in the road with the adoption of machine readable reporting, and what to expect with emerging ESG standards.