SEC Announces Older Investor Roundtable Event to Be Held April 28

The Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a virtual event on April 28 along with the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and the AARP to examine the latest challenges and issues affecting the senior investor community. The Older Investor Roundtable will include panel discussions geared toward older investors, consumer advocates, and financial professionals nationwide as topics will include common frauds perpetrated against older investors, risks associated with digital assets and blockchain technology, and older client servicing and related issues. SEC Chair Gary Gensler and SEC Commissioners Hester Peirce and Caroline Crenshaw will each deliver remarks. The SEC’s Investor Advocate Rick Fleming, a host and organizer of the event, said, “We appreciate these roundtables because they allow us to hear directly from retail investors and draw from a diversity of thought, backgrounds, and experiences.