Speeches and Statements Archive

Speeches and statements (including testimony and video transcripts) given by the Chair, Commissioners, and SEC staff prior to 2012.

Date Title Speaker Type
Dec. 17, 1980 Pension Funds and Social Responsibility Stephen J. Friedman Speech
Dec. 12, 1980 How Much Can We Expect from Independent Directors? Stephen J. Friedman Speech
Dec. 5, 1980 The Conservative Regulator as Adventurer Stephen J. Friedman Speech
Dec. 4, 1980 The Securities Industry in the Years Ahead Harold M. Williams Speech
Nov. 24, 1980 The SEC and the Internal Auditor Philip A. Loomis, Jr. Speech
Nov. 21, 1980 The Economy and the Future -- The Tyranny of the Short-Run Harold M. Williams Speech
Nov. 20, 1980 If Not We, Then Who? Harold M. Williams Speech
Nov. 15, 1980 Financial Regulators and Financial Markets: The Tortoise and the Hare Stephen J. Friedman Speech
Nov. 13, 1980 Do Regulations Reinforce Ethical Postures? Harold M. Williams Speech
Nov. 13, 1980 Investment Management and the Glass-Steagall Act -- The Emperor’s New Clothes Stephen J. Friedman Speech
Nov. 11, 1980 Corporate Accountability: A Participatory Process John R. Evans Speech
Nov. 3, 1980 Accounting and Financial Reporting -- The Challenges of the 1980s Harold M. Williams Speech
Oct. 31, 1980 Perpetuating Private Enterprise: The Relevance of the American Experience Harold M. Williams Speech
Oct. 24, 1980 Do We Measure Up? John R. Evans Speech
Oct. 17, 1980 Transition to the 1980’s -- Political and Economic Evolution Stephen J. Friedman Speech
Oct. 5, 1980 The National Market System: An Update Harold M. Williams Speech
Oct. 3, 1980 The Foreign Challenge Stephen J. Friedman Speech
Sep. 26, 1980 Exploring the Limits of Corporate Accountability Stephen J. Friedman Speech
Sep. 16, 1980 Reporting Developments at the SEC and Their Impact on Annual Reports Clarence Sampson Speech
Sep. 16, 1980 Regulation and Expansion of Options Markets John R. Evans Speech
Sep. 16, 1980 Adequate Information: Prerequisite to an Effective Board Harold M. Williams Speech
Sep. 9, 1980 Public Capital for Mortgage Credit - Gift Horse or Trojan Horse? Stephen J. Friedman Speech
Sep. 8, 1980 Capital Formation, the Market Economy and the SEC Stephen J. Friedman Speech
Aug. 8, 1980 Corporate Accountability -- A Look at Strategy Harold M. Williams Speech
Aug. 8, 1980 Free Enterprise in a Free Society Harold M. Williams Speech