SEC chair Gary Gensler to step down from post in January

Once Donald Trump takes office

Valeria Martinez
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Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler will be stepping down from his post once Donald Trump returns to the White House on 20 January, bringing an end to a tenure of nearly four years at the US financial regulator.

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