SEC Chair Atkins calls for new rules for smaller companies to 'make IPOs great again'

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins wants to "make IPOs great again." In a speech on Tuesday, the Trump-appointed head of the SEC outlined how the agency will work to lighten public disclosure requirements for smaller and newer companies in an effort to bring more of them to the public market. "If we want the next generation of innovators to choose our public markets, we need disclosure that is calibrated for a company's size and maturity," Atkins said during a speech delivered at the Ne ...