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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