The Senate today approved by unanimous consent the nominations of Troy Paredes, Luis Aguilar and Elisse Walter as commissioners to the SEC. The confirmations will bring the agency up to its full authorized complement of five commissioners.
“The SEC has laid out an ambitious agenda to improve investor protection and financial markets regulation, and a full complement of commissioners will help us achieve those important objectives,” Christopher Cox, SEC chairman, said in a statement released after the vote.
Mr. Paredes is a law professor at Washington University School of Law, St. Louis; Mr. Aguilar is a partner at the law firm of McKenna, Long & Aldridge; and Ms. Walter is senior executive vice president for regulatory policy and programs at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
