SEC Taps Law Professor Birdthistle to Lead Investment-Fund Unit

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday named William Birdthistle, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, to lead the regulator’s unit that oversees the investing industry.

• The commission’s Division of Investment Management is responsible for hedge fund and mutual fund rules
• Birdthistle previously practiced law at Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston
• Under Gary Gensler, the SEC plans to write new regulations to force funds to make more disclosures about their holdings

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