Yesterday, the SEC announced that its Investor Advisory Committee will hold a virtual public meeting next Thursday, December 4th at 10 am ET. The agenda includes three hot topics:

1. Panel discussion on regulatory changes in corporate governance – exploring the evolving corporate governance landscape, including key changes to the shareholder proposal process, the use of mandatory arbitration clauses, investor corporate engagement, and modifications to the proxy voting system. James Andrus is moderating a discussion with Leza Bieber of Freshfields, Brad Goldberg of Cooley, shareholder advocate Jim McRitchie, and Vice Chair of ValueEdge Advisors and prominent corporate governance commentator Nell Minow.

2. Panel discussion on tokenization of equities – discussing the development of tokens representing ownership of an asset, and how tokenization can improve how public equities are currently issued, traded and settled – including market structure issues like settlement and short-selling.

3. Potential recommendation from the Committee on the Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Issuer Operations – considering a draft recommendation urging the SEC to require companies to disclose how they define artificial intelligence, board oversight mechanisms, and other matters, which came out of the Committee’s March 6, 2025 panel discussion on this topic.

You can watch the meeting on the SEC’s website.

– Liz Dunshee