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The SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet virtually on Thursday, with an agenda that focuses on several hot topics for investors. The session will include a panel discussion regarding the accounting of non-traditional financial information, a panel discussion regarding climate disclosure, a discussion of a recommendation on protecting older investors and a discussion of a recommendation on funding investor advocacy clinics.

The SEC recently announced several new members of the Investor Advisory Committee:

• James Andrus, Interim Managing Investment Director, Board Governance & Sustainability, CalPERS
• Gina-Gail S. Fletcher, Professor of Law, Duke Law School
• Colleen Honigsberg, Associate Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
• Christine M. Lazaro, Professor of Clinical Legal Education, St. John’s University School of Law; Of Counsel, Law Offices of Brent A. Burns LLC
• Andrew Park, Senior Policy Analyst – Hedge Funds and Private Equity, Americans for Financial Reform
• Dr. David L. Rhoiney, Staff General Surgeon, U.S. Navy
• Paul F. Roye, Retired, Former Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel, Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company
• Brian L. Schorr, Partner and Chief Legal Officer, Trian Fund Management L.P.

These new members, who will serve 4-year terms, will participate in the Thursday meeting of the Investor Advisory Committee.

– Dave Lynn