SEC's Unrelenting Rules Push Has Peirce Worried About 'Profound Consequences'

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We recently went to the (largely empty) SEC headquarters to sit down with Republican Commissioner Hester Peirce, who has embraced her role as the loyal opposition to Chair Gary Gensler. Peirce is very steeped in the agency’s culture; she rose up from a staff position and worked in Commissioner Paul Atkins’ office. So even though she is pretty much guara…