SEC Chairman Paul Atkins: We need to incentivize more companies to go public
CNBC Television·2026-07-27 17:00
Well, that's our whole um uh approach right now because I started out as a young lawyer in the 1980s when there was a big growth of IPOs, a huge spurt. But, you know, if you look now at what is in the private markets, a B or C round would be a big IPO way back then. And so, that's because it's comfortable to say private.There are a lot there's lots of capital uh kicking around there in the private markets looking for a home. So, that's great. But what we need to do is we've we've allowed uh our rules to jus ...