September 12, 2024
Next Week: SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee Discussing Shareholder Proposals & “Tracing”
The SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee is meeting a week from today – September 19th. According to the Sunshine Act notice, the agenda includes a panel discussion regarding key topics from securities litigation – including shareholder proposals & “tracing” in section 11 litigation. The meeting will be webcast on www.sec.gov and begins at 10 a.m. ET.
In addition, the SEC has announced 6 new members of the Investor Advisory Committee:
– George Georgiev, Associate Professor of Law, Emory Law School
– R. Craig Knocke, Principal, Turtle Creek Management
– Amy C. McGarrity, Chief Investment Officer/Chief Operating Officer, Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association
– Jennifer J. Schulp, Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives
– Andrea Seidt, Ohio Securities Commissioner
– Alvin Velazquez, Associate Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
These new members are filling vacancies on the Committee and will join 17 current Committee members to serve a 4-year term. For those who threw their hat in the ring and didn’t make the team, the SEC says there’ll be another opportunity to apply in 2025.
– Liz Dunshee