Recent History Shows the SEC's Push to End Quarterly Reporting Won't be Easy

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Prodded by a presidential social media post, Paul Atkins is looking to end a hallmark of the U.S. stock markets: mandatory quarterly financial reports by public companies. It’s unlikely to be an easy lift – and the SEC chief only has to look back a few years to see why.

Following a similar tweet from Donald Trump in 2018, then-Chairman Jay Clayton took a…