Semafor, December 2, 2025, commentary: "Public markets ‘worth reviving’: SEC Chair" [Public interests in support and regulation of capital markets]

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Source: Semafor, December 2, 2025, commentary
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Public markets ‘worth reviving’: SEC Chair

Dec 2, 2025, 1:08pm EST    business

 

 

 

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SEC Chair Paul Atkins has a 250th birthday gift for America’s CEOs: less paperwork. In a NYSE speech Tuesday, the regulator vowed to cut the “regulatory creep” of “voluminous disclosure requirements.” Atkins, noting in his speech that public-market listings have fallen 40% since the mid-1990s, has been beating this drum for a while. Earlier this year, he blessed the idea of companies moving to twice-yearly earnings reports, the standard in Europe.

 

 

 

Overhauling reporting requirements burdens could make IPOs more appealing at a time when more companies are staying private for longer. The 2012 JOBS Act, which loosened reporting requirements for smaller companies, did coax some startups to list — one academic study found a 25% increase, controlling for other factors — but there’s more private capital available now than ever before.

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