Paul Atkins

Founder, CEO

Paul Atkins is the founder and chief executive of Patomak Global Partners. He served as commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission from 2002 to 2008 and was a member of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program from 2009 to 2010. He was a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers and its predecessor firm, Coopers & Lybrand, and began his career as a lawyer with Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Regulation and compliance

Regulating stablecoins is none of the Fed's business

The crypto industry yearns for clarity on stablecoin regulations, but allowing the central bank to set the rules of the road would stifle innovation.

By Paul Atkins

August 26
SIFIs

Treasury must seize opportunity to rein in SIFI powers

The authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to label a firm a “systemically important financial institution” triggers duplicative regulation even if banklike rules are not appropriate to the company.

By Manley Johnson

November 9