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6 May 2021

SEC Names Chief Economist And Director Of DERA

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The SEC named Jessica Wachter as the agency's new Chief Economist and Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis.
United States Finance and Banking

The SEC named Jessica Wachter as the agency's new Chief Economist and Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis ("DERA").

Prior to her appointment, Dr. Wachter was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, where she was the Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Chair of Quantitative Finance.

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  1. SEC Press Release: Jessica Wachter Named SEC Chief Economist and Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis

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