The Minutes of Paul Atkins on regulation https://minutesof.com/sec-chair/on/regulation/ Everything Paul Atkins has said on regulation: 14 verbatim quotes between July 2026 and August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:18 +0000 Atkins states mandatory Treasury cash clearing begins end of year, repo clearing by June 30, 2027. https://minutesof.com/q/ef8740b8-6545-43db-9d61-b1a68687cc79/ https://minutesof.com/q/ef8740b8-6545-43db-9d61-b1a68687cc79/ “mandatory clearing for U.S. Treasury cash transactions at the end of the year and U.S. Treasury repo transactions by June 30, 2027.” — SEC speeches and statements regulation Atkins states updating federal regulations to reflect the 2006 court mandate is long overdue. https://minutesof.com/q/fca6b7c9-f718-4b26-8615-097c2ae73b33/ https://minutesof.com/q/fca6b7c9-f718-4b26-8615-097c2ae73b33/ “The court’s mandate has been clear since 2006, and updating the Code of Federal Regulations to reflect this outcome is long overdue.” — SEC speeches and statements regulation Atkins says the SEC last seriously reviewed capital formation rules over twenty years ago. https://minutesof.com/q/7cb98614-d52f-45a9-a7dc-fc91a195e2d7/ https://minutesof.com/q/7cb98614-d52f-45a9-a7dc-fc91a195e2d7/ “The Commission last took a hard look at improving the capital formation environment more than two decades ago.” — SEC speeches and statements regulation Atkins notes Form S-3 framework dates to 2005, before the iPhone existed. https://minutesof.com/q/5d9d1d54-8a45-48e1-8e8f-8aaeac2224e2/ https://minutesof.com/q/5d9d1d54-8a45-48e1-8e8f-8aaeac2224e2/ “The framework we’re currently operating under mostly dates to 2005—before the iPhone had even been rolled out.” — SEC speeches and statements regulation Atkins says the goal is cutting requirements that lack proportionate benefits, not cutting arbitrarily. https://minutesof.com/q/9c383784-cb33-4e7b-86f0-caedc67a55ad/ https://minutesof.com/q/9c383784-cb33-4e7b-86f0-caedc67a55ad/ “The goal is not to cut for the sake of cutting but to cut requirements that do not yield proportionate benefits.” — SEC speeches and statements regulation Atkins frames Regulation E-Delivery as meaningful advancement rather than mere administrative adjustment. https://minutesof.com/q/bb2d41d1-5a7d-4301-823c-782f4c15e9d6/ https://minutesof.com/q/bb2d41d1-5a7d-4301-823c-782f4c15e9d6/ “Regulation E-Delivery is not merely a proposed administrative adjustment; it represents a meaningful advancement toward aligning our rules with the needs of today’s markets.” — SEC speeches and statements regulation Atkins proposes a test: does disclosure materially change valuation or just burden small companies disproporti https://minutesof.com/q/3f84b0ae-5b80-43e0-96a9-cef1da217814/ https://minutesof.com/q/3f84b0ae-5b80-43e0-96a9-cef1da217814/ “is a given disclosure obligation producing information to investors that materially changes the enterprise value of a company or its stock price?” — SEC speeches and statements regulation