SEC Office of the Investor Advocate Delivers Report to Congress on Objectives for Fiscal Year 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Investor Advocate today delivered its Report to Congress on the Office’s objectives for fiscal year 2025. As detailed in the Report, the Investor Advocate’s priorities for fiscal year 2025 include: Assisting investors victimized by fraud and monitoring the measurable surge in investment fraud schemes; Enhancing Ombuds services to resolve questions, complaints, and concerns about the SEC and self-regulatory organizations (SROs) subject to SEC oversight; Evaluating ways in which broker and adviser standards of conduct might be impacted by technological changes in the market; Exploring means to increase transparency in and maintain investor access to the private markets; Encouraging innovative and effective disclosure through investor testing of existing and proposed disclosures, especially those associated with complex products and private markets; Increasing investor engagement and input on matters of significance to retail investors.