I think transparency enhances liquidity, not diminishes liquidity, but they would take the other side of that, and I respect that we might have a difference on that.
Gary Gensler
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Gary Gensler is the current Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), having been appointed by President Joe Biden in April 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Gensler has a background in finance and public service, previously serving as the Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 2009 to 2014. He is known for his focus on financial regulation and consumer protection, emphasizing the importance of transparency and fairness in the financial markets. Gensler has also been a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he taught courses on blockchain technology and digital currencies.
I think Congress recognized markets work best when not only are they transparent, but open and competitive.
I want to thank Chairman Dodd for his leadership on the Banking Committee and in the Senate.
I thank you for inviting me to today's hearing on implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
I am honored and pleased to have had this most recent chance to once again work with Chairman Dodd on what became the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
It has been tremendous cooperation, over 100 meetings with the SEC, and it feels a lot are around these trading venues.
I think that through the financial reform package, it appears Congress will add some of that.





