The SEC last week announced the creation of the Office of Risk and Strategy within the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations. According to the release, “[t]he new office will consolidate and streamline OCIE’s risk assessment, market surveillance, and quantitative analysis teams and provide operational risk management and organizational strategy for OCIE.” OCIE Director Marc Wyatt said that “[t]he Office of Risk and Strategy will lead our exam program’s risk-based, data-driven, and transparent approach to protecting investors.”
