Congrats to SEC Chief Accountant Paul Munter, who is retiring from federal service effective January 24th, according to a Commission press release published yesterday. We covered many of Paul’s 22 statements and speeches on this blog. We wish him the best!

It is certainly a time of transition at the SEC. Commissioner Jaime Lizárraga’s last day is this Friday, due to his wife’s illness, and Chair Gary Gensler departs on Monday. In the near-term, the Commission will operate with three Commissioners – which is still enough for a quorum. In 2017, it dropped down to two!

– Liz Dunshee