Goldman Executive Tapped by SEC to Advise on Brexit, MiFID
- Alan Cohen, ex-Goldman compliance chief, to be a top adviser
- SEC Chairman Clayton also names senior staff appointments
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U.S. regulators have turned to a top Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive to help them deal with two of the most daunting issues confronting Wall Street: Brexit and new European rules that will upend banks’ research businesses.
Alan Cohen, who spent 13 years as head of compliance at the New York-based bank, will join the Securities and Exchange Commission as a senior policy adviser to Chairman Jay Clayton, the agency said in a Thursday statement.