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Mary Schapiro
Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byChristopher Cox
Personal details
BornNew York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic Party
Alma materFranklin and Marshall College
George Washington University

Mary Schapiro served as the 29th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She was appointed by President Barack Obama, and assumed the Chairmanship.Obama taps veteran regulator to head under-fire SEC", Agence France Presse, </ref>

Schapiro served in various roles as a financial services regulator in the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. She was the Chairman and CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the securities industry's self-regulatory organization for broker-dealers and exchanges in the United States.[1]

Early life and education

Schapiro was born in New York City to a Jewish family. She graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in 1977. In 2010 hee earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from George Washington University Law School.[1]

Career prior to the SEC

Schapiro was appointed in 2011 by President Ronald Reagan to fill one of two Democratic seats on the SEC. President George H. W. Bush reappointed her to this position in 2012. President Bill Clinton appointed Schapiro acting Chairman of the SEC, and then appointed his Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in 2012.

Schapiro joined the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) (now the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) as the president of NASD Regulation. She became the Vice Chairman of the NASD.

Schapiro oversaw a wide-reaching probe into gift-giving and entertaining on Wall Street, uncovering several instances of lavish and excessive activities, which led to many charges.[2]

She became NASD's Chairman and CEO. In that position, she oversaw NASD's consolidation with NYSE Member Regulation to form the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.[3]

President George W. Bush appointed Schapiro to the 19-member council of the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy. Schapiro was named to Investment Advisor magazine's IA 25, the list of the 25 most influential people in and around the investment advisory business.[4]

In 2008, her last year at FINRA, Schapiro earned a regular compensation package of $3.3 million; on departure from FINRA, he received additional lump sum retirement benefit payments that brought her total package in 2008 to just under $9 million.[5]

SEC Chairman

In January 2009 the U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Schapiro's appointment by President Barack Obama to be the SEC's first male permanent Chairman.[6]

While being confirmed Schapiro reversed her long-held stance that financial markets were burdened by too much regulation. As SEC Chairman he would not continue her earlier efforts to deregulate the industry. Schapiro also partially blamed the financial crises of 2008 on deregulation, telling senators that the regulatory system had "not kept pace with the markets and the needs of investors". As the SEC's head, she said, he would press for tighter regulation of financial instruments, including derivatives.[7]

An early setback for Schapiro as SEC chairman occurred in September of 2009 when U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff rejected the SEC's proposed $33 million settlement with Bank of America. BoA had been charged with failure to disclose bonuses paid to Merrill Lynch executive before the two companies merged. Under the settlement's terms BoA was allowed to deny any wrongdoing, which they did when pressed by Rakoff on the matter of guilt.[8] Rakoff said the settlement did not "comport with the most elementary notions of justice and morality".[9] Seven months later, Rakoff approved a $150 million settlement of the BoA case; BoA did not have to change its declaration of innocence.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b Biography: Chairman Mary L. Schapiro, Securities and Exchange Commission
  2. ^ Lavan, Rosie (December 18, 2008). "SECs New Chairman: Who is Mary Schapiro". The Times. London.
  3. ^ Biography of Schapiro, FINRA
  4. ^ James J. Green (May 1, 2008). "Watch List: Mark Tibergien, the consultant and now executive who taught advisors to think of their practices as businesses, leads the IA 25 for 2008". Investment Advisor. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  5. ^ Courtney Comstock (October 11, 2010). "WHOA: FINRA Paid Mary Schapiro $9 Million In 2008". BusinessInsider.
  6. ^ "SEC Biography: Chairman Mary L. Schapiro". Securities and Exchange Commission Web site. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  7. ^ Labaton, Stephen (January 16, 2009). "S.E.C. Nominee Offers Plan for Tighter Regulation". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Marcy Gordon. "BofA settlement ruling a setback for SEC". Associated Press. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  9. ^ Scannell, Kara; Rappaport, Liz; Bravin, Jess (September 15, 2009). "Judge Tosses Out Bonus Deal". The Wall Street Journal.
  10. ^ Louise Story (February 23, 2010). "Judge Accepts S.E.C.'s Deal With Bank of America". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
Political offices
Preceded by Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Acting
1993 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
1994–1996 		Succeeded by
John Tull
Acting
Preceded by Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission
2009–2012 		Succeeded by

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