Anonymous18 days ago
SEC Enforcement Division Director Margaret "Meg" Ryan has resigned after just six months on the job, leaving the agency's top enforcement role vacant amid a dramatic scaling-back of SEC enforcement activity — with actions down 27% and penalties plunging 45% — compounded by DOGE-driven staff cuts that have eliminated roughly 10% of the agency's workforce. Her unexplained departure intensifies questions about the SEC's capacity to police the world's largest capital markets during a period of extraordinary geopolitical and economic volatility.