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Going Public: My Adventures Inside the SEC and How to Prevent the Next Devastating Crisis

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An insider’s look at the SEC and the changes needed to toughen the U.S. financial system

In 2008, Americans were reeling from the devastating financial crisis that caused the Great Recession. There were searing questions about how the crisis used to be allowed to happen and calls for immediate reform from Capital Hill, the news media, and most of the people. A couple of scandals sent real fear through the making an investment community and brought unprecedented heat on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). There used to be little doubt that the SEC had to fix rules that permitted bad behavior, shake off decades of complacency and implement existing laws.  

Wall Street lawyer Norm Champ spent nearly 20 years dealing with the SEC on behalf of his clients and as an industry representative working to educate the agency about hedge funds. Believing he could assist reform the deeply-improper agency, Champ left his career in the private sector and joined the SEC. As Director of the Division of Investment Management, he became a key player in stabilizing trillions of dollars of investor capital at the same time as reenergizing the SEC’s culture and management.

In Going Public, Champ presents a rare, insider’s look at how the SEC operates and explains exactly how the agency impacts the overall economic health of the country. He examines the inner workings of hedge funds, economic policy and politics, making an investment, and inefficient and frustrating federal agencies. Engrossing and important, this book offers critical recommendations for policy changes a good way to create healthy, free-functioning markets and assist Americans better prepare for the inevitable next crisis.


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