Trump SEC Pick Brings Many Conflicts to New Role: The Brief

PAUL ATKINS, who is a Senate confirmation away from becoming the Trump administration’s top Wall Street regulator, will be surrounded by potential conflicts arising from his years spent advising the same companies the US Securities and Exchange Commission regulates, Ben Miller reports.

• For every industry policed by the SEC, there’s a good chance Atkins has worked for a registrant on the other side, either personally or through Patomak Global Partners, the financial services consulting firm he founded. Critics led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) warn Atkins will be largely unrestrained in his dealings with the same companies that paid ...