New chief accountant named for SEC’s division of investment management

Richard F. Sennett has been named chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s division of investment management.

He will have primary responsibility for oversight of the financial reporting and accounting practices of registered investment companies.

According to the SEC, he was instrumental in the development and implementation of the division’s Sarbanes-Oxley annual report review process.

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