inSecurities Podcast Episode 112: On this episode of the inSecurities podcast, Chris and Kurt chat with Martha Legg Miller, the Vice President of Public Policy and Regulatory Strategy at Fidelity Investments and former Director of the SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation. Martha talks about the role of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, highlights key takeaways from the Office’s 2023 Annual Report, and discusses recent SEC rulemaking proposals, including the Predictive Data Analytics (PDA) and Climate Risk Disclosure rules.
inSecurities is a biweekly podcast featuring in-depth conversations with senior regulators, top practitioners, and leading academics, along with "deep dives" on hot topics in the securities regulatory and enforcement world. In an increasingly complex business and regulatory environment, inSecurities co-hosts Chris Ekimoff, a forensic accountant with RSM, and Kurt Wolfe, a securities enforcement attorney at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, keep you current on key developments.
Featured In This Episode
Martha Legg Miller
Martha was named as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s first director of the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation in December 2018, leading the new office created by the SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016. As the Advocate for Small Business, Martha oversees the Office dedicated to advancing the interests of small businesses and their investors at the SEC and in the capital markets. The Office is responsible for advocating for small businesses and their investors by conducting outreach to solicit views on relevant capital formation issues, providing assistance to resolve significant problems, analyzing the potential small business impact of proposed regulations and rules, and recommending changes to mitigate capital formation issues and promote the interests of small businesses and their investors.
Prior to joining the SEC, Martha was a partner at the law firm Balch & Bingham LLP in Birmingham, Alabama, where she represented companies and investors across a spectrum of corporate transactions.
Martha holds bachelor’s degrees in Cognitive Neuroscience and Communications Studies from Vanderbilt University and a juris doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
