The Minutes of Paul Atkins on criticism https://minutesof.com/sec-chair/on/criticism/ Everything Paul Atkins has said on criticism: 3 verbatim quotes, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:18 +0000 Atkins accuses the SEC of undermining capital formation through regulation by enforcement and disingenuous reg https://minutesof.com/q/f904787f-5bf5-446e-8b1c-71c74153fe56/ https://minutesof.com/q/f904787f-5bf5-446e-8b1c-71c74153fe56/ “In fact, in the past, it actively undermined capital formation with regard to this asset class in the form of regulation by enforcement and disingenuous offers to “come in and register.”” — SEC speeches and statements criticism Atkins criticizes the SEC for requiring firms to design disclosures for paper first, even under the new e-deli https://minutesof.com/q/a30e8109-cdcd-4234-9323-4ea6b9a52e33/ https://minutesof.com/q/a30e8109-cdcd-4234-9323-4ea6b9a52e33/ “The SEC still assumes and sometimes requires that firms, in the first instance, will design disclosures for viewing on paper (whether it is paper that firms mail or, now with Reg E-Delivery, paper that customers can print from home printers).” — SEC speeches and statements criticism Atkins lists specific SEC requirements that perpetuate paper-first thinking, including font size and same-page https://minutesof.com/q/f8a7341a-8eba-48a6-b34c-e0688e1fcdb8/ https://minutesof.com/q/f8a7341a-8eba-48a6-b34c-e0688e1fcdb8/ “Other paper-as-the-standard disclosure rules talk about font size, relative prominence, and disclosures appearing on the same page.” — SEC speeches and statements criticism