SEC Commissioner Retires

Kathleen Casey, a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is leaving the agency after completing her term.

Kathleen Casey, a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is leaving the agency after completing her term, Financial Times reports. Daniel Gallagher, a Republican and former SEC staffer and private sector attorney, has been nominated by the government to succeed Casey. Casey joined the SEC from the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, where she served as staff director and counsel, adds The Wall Street Journal. Luis Aguilar, a democrat who has also completed his term, has been re-nominated to the commission.

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