The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee Wednesday laid out the range of issues it plans to tackle on behalf of investors.

The committee, which was formed to give investors a greater voice at the SEC, has agreed upon a wide-ranging agenda, including:

• fiduciary duty;
• disclosure;
• using technology to improve the flow of information to and from investors;
• financial literacy;
• valuation;
• majority voting;
• effective ways for investors and directors to communicate with one another; and
• proxy voting.

“The formation of this committee is a signal of the commission’s renewed focus on investors and I am very pleased with the energy that the committee members brought to the discussions,” noted SEC commissioner Luis Aguilar, who also serves as the committee’s sponsor and chief liaison to the commission.

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