The Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to get a new chairman no matter who wins Tuesday’s presidential election, raising doubts about the agency’s priorities. The SEC has yet to complete three major initiatives that would change corporate financial reporting. A new leader could shelve work on rules governing the disclosure of executive pay, corporate sustainability efforts and a push to streamline financial filings, a signature project of the agency’s current chairman, Mary Jo White. An incoming chairman also...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 07, 2016 23:43 UTC