Abolish PCAOB and FINRA
Securities and Exchange Commission / Office of the Chairman
Abolish the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, merging their regulatory functions into the SEC
"To reduce costs and improve transparency, due process, congressional oversight, and responsiveness, PCAOB and FINRA should be abolished, and their regulatory functions should be merged into the SEC." – Project 2025History
Mon Jan 20 2025
Initial analysis
Disruptive Potential
HIGH
Major restructuring of financial industry oversight and self-regulatory framework
Status
Planned
References
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