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Thursday, July 2, 2026regulation

# Remarks by SEC Chair Atkins on the SEC's Regulatory Priorities

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins outlined the Commission's regulatory priorities — spanning capital formation, ESG disclosure reform, digital assets, IPO facilitation, and shareholder proposal processes — in remarks published on the Harvard Law Forum on July 2, 2026. For SEA boards with U.S.-listed subsidiaries or cross-border capital market exposure, the SEC's de-emphasis of mandatory ESG disclosure and its pro-growth regulatory posture will materially affect compliance obligations and board oversight frameworks. Directors should reassess how their governance models account for diverging U.S. and APAC regulatory trajectories.

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Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/07/02/remarks-by-chair-atkins-on-the-secs-regulatory-priorities/)

Topic: Governance Execution: https://lyoenandpartners.com/insights/topic/governance-execution

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