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Securities and Exchange Commission

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Regulatory Capture Assessment

Regulatory capture is when an agency advances the interests of the industry it oversees (Stigler 1971; Carpenter & Moss 2013). The counts below are records in this tracker that connect outside parties to this agency. They are context for that question, not evidence that capture occurred.

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Relationships

Type	Connected To	Details	Source
Enabled	Dismissal of SEC v. Payward, Inc., doing business as Kraken	Commission voted or filed to dismiss or close this enforcement action	Source
Instrument of	Crypto industry	Under Chair Paul Atkins (former crypto consultant), the SEC dismissed enforcement actions against Coinbase, Binance, Consensys, Kraken, and closed investigations into Uniswap and Robinhood Crypto	Source
Issued rule	Accredited Investor Definition	SEC issued rule: Accredited Investor Definition	Source
Issued rule	Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121	SEC issued rule: Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121	Source
Issued rule	Custody of Digital Asset Securities by Special Purpose Broker-Dealers	SEC issued rule: Custody of Digital Asset Securities by Special Purpose Broker-Dealers	Source
Proposed rule	Adviser and Regulated Fund Custody Rules; Crypto Custody Rules	SEC proposed rule: Adviser and Regulated Fund Custody Rules; Crypto Custody Rules	Source
Issued rule	Delegation of Authority to the Director of the Division of Investment Management	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Technical Amendments to Commission Rules and Forms	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Technical Amendments to Commission Forms	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Financial Data Transparency Act Joint Data Standards	Issued the rule.	Source
Proposed rule	Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets	SEC proposed rule: Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets	Source
Issued rule	Extension of Compliance Date for Disclosure of Order Execution Information	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Concept Release on Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Disclosures and Enhancements to Asset-Backed Securities Registration	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Commission's Rules of Practice	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Acceleration of Effectiveness of Registration Statements of Issuers With Certain Mandatory Arbitration Provisions	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large Hedge Fund Advisers; Further Extension of Compliance Date	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Extension of Compliance Dates for Electronic Submission of Certain Materials Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Amendments Regarding the FOCUS Report	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Extension of Compliance Date for Required Daily Computation of Customer and Broker-Dealer Reserve Requirements Under the Broker-Dealer Customer Protection Rule	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Regulatory Flexibility Agenda	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large Hedge Fund Advisers; Further Extension of Compliance Date	Issued the rule.	Source
Shaped policy	Withdrawal of Proposed Regulatory Actions	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
Issued rule	Policy Statement Concerning Agency Referrals for Potential Criminal Enforcement	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Concept Release on Foreign Private Issuer Eligibility	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Regulation SBSR (Reporting and Dissemination of Security-Based Swap Information) and Security-Based Swap Data Repository Rules; Extension	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Form N-PORT and Form N-CEN Reporting; Guidance on Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs; Delay of Effective and Compliance Dates	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large Hedge Fund Advisers	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Investment Company Names; Extension of Compliance Date	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Delegation of Authority to Director of the Division of Enforcement	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large Hedge Fund Advisers; Extension of Compliance Date	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Extension of Compliance Dates for Standards for Covered Clearing Agencies for U.S. Treasury Securities and Application of the Broker-Dealer Customer Protection Rule With Respect to U.S. Treasury Securities	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Technical Amendments to Commission Rules and Forms	Amended an existing rule.	Source
Issued rule	Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 122	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Electronic Submission of Certain Materials Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Amendments Regarding the FOCUS Report	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Daily Computation of Customer and Broker-Dealer Reserve Requirements Under the Broker-Dealer Customer Protection Rule	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	EDGAR Filer Access and Account Management	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Commission's Organization and Program Management Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	List of Rules To Be Reviewed Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Private Fund Advisers; Documentation of Registered Investment Adviser Compliance Reviews	Issued the rule.	Source
Shaped policy	Clearing Agency Governance and Conflicts of Interest	Withdrew the rulemaking before finalizing it.	Source
Issued rule	Covered Clearing Agency Resilience and Recovery and Orderly Wind-Down Plans	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Private Fund Advisers; Documentation of Registered Investment Adviser Compliance Reviews	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Conforming Amendments to Commission Rules and Forms	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Regulation NMS: Minimum Pricing Increments, Access Fees, and Transparency of Better Priced Orders	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Form N-PORT and Form N-CEN Reporting; Guidance on Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Qualifying Venture Capital Funds Inflation Adjustment	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Registration for Index-Linked Annuities and Registered Market Value Adjustment Annuities; Amendments To Form N-4 for Index-Linked Annuities, Registered Market Value Adjustment Annuities, and Variable Annuities; Other Technical Amendments	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Regulation S-P: Privacy of Consumer Financial Information and Safeguarding Customer Information; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, Shell Companies, and Projections; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Regulation S-P: Privacy of Consumer Financial Information and Safeguarding Customer Information	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Customer Identification Programs for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Disclosure of Order Execution Information	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors; Delay of Effective Date	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Exemption for Certain Investment Advisers Operating Through the Internet	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Conflicts of Interest Associated With the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Exemption for Certain Investment Advisers Operating Through the Internet; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large Hedge Fund Advisers	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	EDGAR Filer Access and Account Management; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Further Definition of “As a Part of a Regular Business” in the Definition of Dealer and Government Securities Dealer in Connection With Certain Liquidity Providers	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Members and Employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, Shell Companies, and Projections	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Qualifying Venture Capital Funds Inflation Adjustment	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Regulatory Flexibility Agenda	Issued the rule.	Source
Proposed rule	Rescission of Rule 14a-8's Federal Regulation of Shareholder Proposals and Amendments to Rule 14a-4	SEC proposed rule: Rescission of Rule 14a-8's Federal Regulation of Shareholder Proposals and Amendments to Rule 14a-4	Source
Proposed rule	Proxy Solicitation Modernization	SEC proposed rule: Proxy Solicitation Modernization	Source
Issued rule	The Commission's Privacy Act Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets; Reopening of Comment Period	Issued the rule.	Source
Opposed	Congressional stock trading	SEC enforces insider trading laws for corporate insiders but has limited jurisdiction over congressional trading.	Editorial
Issued rule	Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act Disclosure; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Enhancement of Emerging Growth Company Accommodations and Simplification of Filer Status for Reporting Companies	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Registered Offering Reform	Issued the rule.	Source
Shaped policy	Rescission of Policy Regarding Denials in Settlements of Enforcement Actions	Repealed or rescinded the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Semiannual Reporting	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Technical Amendments to Rule 610(e) of Regulation NMS and to Delegation of Authority To Grant or Deny Exemptions From Rule 610 of Regulation NMS	Amended an existing rule.	Source
Issued rule	Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Concept Release on Consolidated Audit Trail and Other Audit Trails and Data Sources	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Performance-Based Investment Advisory Fees	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Publication or Submission of Quotations Without Specified Information	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Application of the Federal Securities Laws to Certain Types of Crypto Assets and Certain Transactions Involving Crypto Assets	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Security-Based Swap Execution and Registration and Regulation of Security-Based Swap Execution Facilities	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Prohibition Against Conflicts of Interest in Certain Securitizations	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Clearing Agency Governance and Conflicts of Interest	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Volume-Based Exchange Transaction Pricing for NMS Stocks	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Reporting of Securities Loans	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Modernization of Beneficial Ownership Reporting	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Short Position and Short Activity Reporting by Institutional Investment Managers	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Investment Company Names; Correction	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	List of Rules To Be Reviewed Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Registration for Index-Linked Annuities; Amendments to Form N-4 for Index-Linked and Variable Annuities	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Investment Company Names	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual	Issued the rule.	Source
Issued rule	The Commission's Privacy Act Regulations	Issued the rule.	Source
Targeting	Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo subject to SEC enforcement actions	Source
Targeting	JPMorgan Chase	JPMorgan subject to SEC enforcement actions	Source
Employs	Mark Uyeda	Commissioner, Office of Commissioner Uyeda (presidential appointment with Senate confirmation)	Source
Employs	Hester Peirce	Commissioner, Office of Commissioner Peirce (presidential appointment with Senate confirmation)	Source
Employs	Paul Atkins	Chairman, Office of the Chairman (presidential appointment with Senate confirmation)	Source
Overseen by	Senate Banking Committee	Senate Banking Committee has jurisdiction over the Securities and Exchange Commission	Editorial
Overseen by	House Financial Services Committee	House Financial Services Committee has jurisdiction over the Securities and Exchange Commission	Editorial
Contracted by	IBM	IBM received award from Securities and Exchange Commission	Source
Lobbied on by	Coinbase, Inc.	Coinbase lobbied the SEC for regulatory clarity on crypto assets	Editorial
Targeting	GOLDMAN SACHS &	Goldman Sachs subject to SEC enforcement (1MDB)	Source