SEC Commissioner Jaime Lizarraga, a former congressional aide who oversaw Wall Street while helping push corporate reporting requirements on climate risk and data breaches, plans to step down on January 17, according to Bloomberg. Lizarraga's announcement came a day after SEC Chairperson Gary Gensler said he planned to step down on January 20. Bloomberg reports that after President-elect Donald Trump returned to the White House, Caroline Crensh...
Jaime Lizarraga, a Democrat on the SEC's five-member committee, said he would step down more than two years early, leaving the committee with only two Republicans and one Democrat after the Trump administration takes office in January. Lizarraga is a former aide to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who received a five-year term at the SEC in 2022; in announcing...