Commission Speeches and Public Statements Archive: 2007

This index lists speeches and other public statements by the Chairman, Commissioners, and Staff of the SEC, which cover a wide range of topics concerning the state of the markets and the Commission's regulatory agenda.

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2007 Speeches and Statements by the Chairman and Commissioners

Date	Title	Author
Fourth Quarter
Dec. 19, 2007	Keynote Address to the Columbia Law and Business Schools, Cross Border Securities Market Mergers Conference, New York, New York	Chairman Christopher Cox
Dec. 18, 2007	Remarks before the Commission Open Meeting Regarding Public Company Accounting Standards Board Annual Budget and Accounting Support Fees Video of Chairman's Statement:   Windows Media Player (26 MB)   QuickTime (56 MB)	Chairman Christopher Cox
Dec. 18, 2007	Statement at Open Meeting to Consider PCAOB's Proposed 2008 Budget, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Dec. 11, 2007	Remarks before the Commission Open Meeting Regarding Concept Release on Possible Revisions to the Disclosure Requirements Relating to Oil and Gas Reserves Video of Chairman's Statement:   Windows Media Player (7 MB)   QuickTime (10 MB)	Chairman Christopher Cox
Dec. 11, 2007	Remarks before the Commission Open Meeting Regarding Electronic Filing and Revision of Form D Video of Chairman's Statement:   Windows Media Player (12 MB)   QuickTime (17 MB)	Chairman Christopher Cox
Dec. 11, 2007	Remarks before the Commission Open Meeting Regarding Revisions to the Eligibility Requirements for Primary Securities Offerings on Forms S-3 and F-3 Video of Chairman's Statement:   Windows Media Player (14 MB)   QuickTime (20 MB)	Chairman Christopher Cox
Dec. 10, 2007	Remarks at the 35th Annual AICPA National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey
Dec. 5, 2007	The Rise of Sovereign Business: Gauer Distinguished Lecture in Law and Policy at the American Enterprise Institute Legal Center for the Public Interest, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Dec. 4, 2007	Remarks Introducing "The Hub", SEC Division of Enforcement Roundtable, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Dec. 3, 2007	Address to the 16th XBRL International Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia	Chairman Christopher Cox
Nov. 28, 2007	Remarks before the Independent Directors Council, San Francisco, California	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Nov. 28, 2007	Statement before the Open Meeting regarding Electronic Shareholder Forums, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Nov. 28, 2007	Electronic Shareholder Forum Rules; Codification of Interpretation of Rule 14(a)(8)(i)(8), Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C. Video of Chairman's Statement on Electronic Shareholder Forum Rules:   Windows Media Player (14 MB)   QuickTime (15 MB) Video of Chairman's Statement on Shareholder Proposals on Election Procedures:   Windows Media Player (43 MB)   QuickTime (46 MB)	Chairman Christopher Cox
Nov. 28, 2007	Opening Statement — Shareholder Proposals Relating to the Election of Directors, Open Meeting, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Nov. 27, 2007	Videotaped Introductory Remarks at the 2007 SBR/XBRL International Conference, Brisbane, Australia Video:   Windows Media Player (9 MB)   QuickTime (10 MB)	Chairman Christopher Cox
Nov. 20, 2007	Remarks Before EDHEC Alternative Investment Days 2007, London, England	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Nov. 15, 2007	Mutual Fund Prospectus Simplification; Financial Statements Using IFRS; Small Business Capital Formation, Simplified Reporting, and Disclosure Reforms, SEC Open Meeting, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Nov. 15, 2007	Statement on Fiscal 2007 Enforcement Results, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Nov. 15, 2007	Statement before the Open Meeting regarding Smaller Public Companies, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Nov. 15, 2007	Open Meeting Statement on Acceptance from Foreign Private Issuers of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with IFRS, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Nov. 15, 2007	Open Meeting Statement on Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure and Delivery, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Nov. 14, 2007	Address to the 2007 CCOutreach National Seminar, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Nov. 13, 2007	Remarks Before the National Organization of Investment Professionals (NOIP), New York	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Nov. 9, 2007	Remarks Before the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Annual Meeting, Boca Raton, Florida	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Nov. 8, 2007	'Learning from the Shogun — Toward IOSCO's Vision of A Global Market', International Organization of Securities Commissions Technical Committee Conference, Hotel Okura Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan	Chairman Christopher Cox
Nov. 1, 2007	Remarks at the Opening of the SEC Visitors Center Historic Exhibit, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Nov. 1, 2007	Remarks at the SEC Historical Society Symposium, ‘Keeping the Markets Open – Lessons Learned From the 1987 Market Break', Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Oct. 29, 2007	Remarks Before the International Corporate Governance Network, New York, New York	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Oct. 24, 2007	Address to the Institute for Legal Reform's Annual Legal Reform Summit, Washington, DC	Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey
Oct. 24, 2007	'The Role of Government in Markets': Keynote Address and Robert R. Glauber Lecture at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts	Chairman Christopher Cox
Oct. 22, 2007	Welcoming Address to the AICPA Governing Council 2007 Fall Meeting, Tampa, Florida	Chairman Christopher Cox
Oct. 19, 2007	Remarks Before the Los Angeles County Bar Association 40th Annual Securities Regulation Seminar, Los Angeles, California	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Oct. 16, 2007	The SEC's Role in Globalization of the Capital Markets, Tokyo, Japan	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Oct. 15, 2007	American Society and the SEC's Mission, Tokyo, Japan	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Oct. 12, 2007	'Plain Language and Good Business': Keynote Address to the Center for Plain Language Symposium, Washington, DC	Chairman Christopher Cox
Oct. 9, 2007	Just Say 'No' to the Trial Lawyers — "Op-Ed" for the Wall Street Journal	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Oct. 9, 2007	Remarks at the Eighth Annual A. A. Sommer, Jr. Corporate, Securities and Financial Law Lecture, New York, New York	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Oct. 9, 2007	Remarks at the Institute of International Bankers Fall Membership Luncheon, New York, New York	Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey
Oct. 9, 2007	Keynote Address to the 2007 US-EU Corporate Governance Conference, Washington, DC	Chairman Christopher Cox
Oct. 8, 2007	How Technology Can Improve Life for Investors, Orlando, Florida Video:   Windows Media Player (9 MB)   QuickTime (19 MB)	Chairman Christopher Cox
Oct. 4, 2007	Remarks Before the Security Traders Association's 74th Annual Conference and Business Meeting, Boca Raton, Florida	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Oct. 1, 2007	Address at the North American Securities Administrators Association Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington	Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey
Third Quarter
Sep. 28, 2007	Remarks Before the Global Financial Reporting Convergence Conference, New York, New York	Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey
Sep. 24, 2007	Welcoming Remarks to the SEC's Annual Forum on Small Business Capital Formation, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Sep. 20, 2007	Remarks to the Leadership Health Care Delegation to Wall Street, New York, New York	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Sep. 19, 2007	Adoption of Regulation R Final Rules; Temporary Rule Regarding Principal Trades with Investment Advisory Clients, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Sep. 19, 2007	Comments on Regulation R Final Rules, SEC Open Meeting, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Sep. 13, 2007	Remarks Before the Security Traders Association of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Sep. 10, 2007	Remarks at the Second Annual Seniors Summit, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Sep. 6, 2007	Address to the AARP National Convention, "Life at Fifty-Plus", Boston, Massachusetts	Chairman Christopher Cox
Sep. 5, 2007	Keynote Address at the Southwest Regional Enforcement Conference, Fort Worth, Texas	Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey
Aug. 2, 2007	Welcoming Remarks to the Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Aug. 2, 2007	Remarks Before the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Seventh Annual Private Equity Conference, Chicago, Illinois	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Jul. 25, 2007	Statement before the Open Meeting regarding Shareholder Proposals, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Jul. 25, 2007	Opening Remarks at the SEC Open Meeting, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Jul. 25, 2007	Remarks at the SEC Open Meeting: Shareholder Proposals, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Jul. 25, 2007	Remarks at the SEC Open Meeting: Approval of Auditing Standard #5 and Significant Deficiency, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Jul. 25, 2007	Remarks at the Open Meeting: Concept Release on Allowing U.S. Issuers to Use IFRS, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Jul. 18, 2007	Integrity in the Municipal Market, Los Angeles, California	Chairman Christopher Cox
Jul. 11, 2007	Remarks at the SEC Open Meeting: An Antifraud Rule For Advisers To Pooled Investment Vehicles, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Jul. 11, 2007	Remarks at the SEC Open Meeting: Antifraud Rule For Advisers To Pooled Investment Vehicles, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Jul. 6, 2007	Remarks at the International Corporate Governance Network, Cape Town, South Africa	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Second Quarter
Jun. 27, 2007	Remarks before the SIFMA Risk Management Conference, New York, New York	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Jun. 20, 2007	Remarks at the SEC Open Meeting: Shareholder Choice Regarding Proxy Materials, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Jun. 20, 2007	Remarks at the SEC Open Meeting: IFRS / U.S. GAAP Reconciliation, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Jun. 20, 2007	Remarks at the SEC Open Meeting: Extension of Interactive Data Voluntary Reporting Program on the EDGAR System to Include Mutual Fund Risk/Return Summary Information, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Jun. 20, 2007	Remarks at the SEC Open Meeting: Amendments to Rule 105 of Regulation M, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Jun. 14, 2007	Remarks to the New York Society of Security Analysts, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Jun. 14, 2007	Principles v. Rules, Luxembourg Fund Industry Association and the American Chamber of Commerce, Luxembourg	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Jun. 13, 2007	Opening Statement at the Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Jun. 7, 2007	Remarks at the Fund Governance Forum, New York City	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Jun. 6, 2007	Welcoming Remarks, SEC Historical Society's Commemoration of the Commission's Seventy-Third Year, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Jun. 6, 2007	Remarks Before the PLI Hedge Fund Conference, New York, New York	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Jun. 4, 2007	Remarks at the 15th International XBRL Conference, Munich, Germany	Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey
Jun. 1, 2007	Remarks before the International Organization of Securities Commissions' Roundtable on the Quality of Public Company Audits, Paris, France	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Jun. 1, 2007	Remarks to the Annual Meeting of the Association of Audit Committee Members, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
May 31, 2007	Address to the National Italian-American Foundation, New York City	Chairman Christopher Cox
May 30, 2007	Remarks before AmCham Germany, Frankfurt, Germany	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
May 29, 2007	Remarks Before the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Paris, France	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
May 23, 2007	Remarks at the SEC Open Meeting: Final Rules regarding Oversight of Credit Rating Agencies Registered as Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey
May 23, 2007	Comments on Final Rules Regarding Oversight of Credit Rating Agencies as Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Agencies, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
May 23, 2007	Remarks at the SEC Open Meeting: Proposed Rules regarding Smaller Companies, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
May 23, 2007	Remarks at the SEC Open Meeting: Management Guidance on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
May 18, 2007	Address to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's 43rd Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, Illinois	Chairman Christopher Cox
May 18, 2007	Address to the Senior Investor Protection Symposium, The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois	Chairman Christopher Cox
May 11, 2007	Address to the 39th Annual Rocky Mountain Securities Conference, Denver, Colorado	Chairman Christopher Cox
May 10, 2007	Address to the Investment Company Institute's 2007 General Membership Meeting, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
May 10, 2007	Remarks Before the Financial Services Roundtable Lawyers Council 2007 Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
May 10, 2007	The Challenge of MiFID in the United States, Amsterdam, Netherlands, via teleconference from Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
May 9, 2007	Address to the Security Traders Association 11th Annual Washington Conference, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
May 8, 2007	Remarks Before the SEC/NASAA 19(d) Conference, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
May 8, 2007	Remarks Before the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Program, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
May 7, 2007	Remarks before the SEC's Roundtable on the Federal Proxy Rules and State Corporation Law, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
May 4, 2007	Remarks Before the ABA Section of International Law, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Apr. 30, 2007	Remarks Before the 34th Annual SIFMA Operations Conference, Kissimmee, Florida	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Apr. 28, 2007	Remarks Before the Brown Spring Forum: Economics, Entrepreneurship & Technology, Providence, RI	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Apr. 27, 2007	Remarks Before the Investment Adviser Association, Austin, Texas	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Apr. 26, 2007	Address to the American Academy in Berlin and the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany, Berlin, Germany	Chairman Christopher Cox
Apr. 23, 2007	Remarks at the Operation Hope 15th Anniversary Bankers Bus Tour, Los Angeles, California	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Apr. 20, 2007	Is Excessive Regulation and Litigation Eroding U.S. Financial Competitiveness?, Conference co-sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Apr. 19, 2007	Remarks Before the Security Traders Association of New York 71st Annual Conference, New York, New York	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Apr. 17, 2007	The Euro and the Dollar: Pillars in Global Finance, Conference organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the European Commission, New York, New York	Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey
Apr. 13, 2007	Remarks Before the Mutual Fund Directors Forum Seventh Annual Policy Conference, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Apr. 12, 2007	Remarks Before the IOSCO Annual Conference, Mumbai, India	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Apr. 12, 2007	Remarks Before the Mutual Fund Directors Forum Seventh Annual Policy Conference, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Apr. 4, 2007	Opening Statement at the Commission Open Meeting, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
First Quarter
Mar. 30, 2007	Remarks Before the North Carolina Banking Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Mar. 27, 2007	Remarks at the Royal Society of Arts, London, England	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Mar. 26, 2007	Remarks Before the SIFMA Compliance and Legal Conference, Phoenix, Arizona	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Mar. 26, 2007	Remarks at Finance Dublin, Dublin, Ireland	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Mar. 23, 2007	Closing Remarks to the Second Annual Corporate Governance Summit, Los Angeles, California	Chairman Christopher Cox
Mar. 22, 2007	Remarks Before the Governance for Owners Conference, London, England	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Mar. 21, 2007	Remarks at the Open Meeting on Foreign Private Issuer Deregistration Rules, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey
Mar. 21, 2007	Opening Statement on Foreign Private Issuer Deregistration Final Rules, SEC Open Meeting, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Mar. 21, 2007	Remarks at the Open Meeting: Foreign Private Issuer Deregistration, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Mar. 21, 2007	Comments on Final Deregistration Rules at the SEC Open Meeting, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Mar. 20, 2007	Remarks Before the Council of Institutional Investors, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Mar. 14, 2007	Address to Joint Meeting of the National Endowment for Democracy and the Foreign Policy Association, New York, New York	Chairman Christopher Cox
Mar. 14, 2007	Remarks to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's First Annual Capital Markets Summit: Securing America's Competitiveness, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Mar. 13, 2007	Remarks Before the National Association for Business Economics, Arlington, Virginia	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Mar. 8, 2007	Remarks Before the Association Française des Entreprises Privées, Paris, France	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Mar. 8, 2007	SEC Regulation Outside the United States, London, England	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Mar. 8, 2007	Remarks at Press Conference on ‘Operation Spamalot’, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Mar. 8, 2007	Address to the 2007 Corporate Counsel Institute, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Mar. 6, 2007	Videotaped Address to the 2007 Australian Securities and Investment Commission Summer School, Sydney, Australia	Chairman Christopher Cox
Mar. 6, 2007	Chairman's Address to the SEC Roundtable on International Financial Reporting Standards, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Mar. 5, 2007	Remarks Before the Hedge Fund Institutional Forum Corporate Funds Roundtable, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Mar. 5, 2007	Remarks Before the Women's History Month Program, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Mar. 5, 2007	Remarks Before the Annual Washington Conference of the Institute of International Bankers, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Feb. 28, 2007	Remarks Before the Mutual Fund Directors Forum First Annual Directors Institute, Coral Gables, Florida	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Feb. 22, 2007	Opening Remarks at African American History Month Celebration, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Feb. 9, 2007	Remarks Before SEC Speaks, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey
Feb. 9, 2007	Remarks Before SEC Speaks, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Feb. 9, 2007	Opening Remarks to the Practising Law Institute's SEC Speaks Series, Washington, D.C.	Chairman Christopher Cox
Feb. 9, 2007	Remarks Before the SEC Speaks in 2007, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Feb. 8, 2007	Remarks Before the CNMV Corporate Governance and Securities Markets Conference, Madrid, Spain	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Feb. 8, 2007	Remarks Before the Conference of Business Economists, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth
Jan. 31, 2007	Comments on Proposed Rules Regarding Oversight of Credit Rating Agencies as Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Agencies, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Jan. 29, 2007	Remarks Before the 9th Annual Alternative Investment Roundup, Scottsdale, Arizona	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Jan. 24, 2007	Re-Thinking Regulation in the Era of Global Securities Markets, 34th Annual Securities Regulation Institute, Coronado, California	Chairman Christopher Cox
Jan. 23, 2007	Remarks Before the 2007 Summit on Executive Compensation, New York, New York	Commissioner Roel C. Campos
Jan. 22, 2007	Remarks at Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois	Chairman Christopher Cox
Jan. 22, 2007	Remarks at the Corporate Directors Forum 2007, San Diego, California	Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
Jan. 11, 2007	Remarks at the ALI-ABA Course of Study, Broker Dealer Regulation, Washington, D.C.	Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth

2007 Speeches and Statements by Commission Staff

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