SEC Chairman Mary Jo White used the occasion of her keynote speech a the September 21, 2016 International Bar Association’s annual conference to address some the challenges the Securities and Exchange Commission faces in regulating an ever more global asset management industry. With U.S.-registered asset managers increasing their activities in Europe, Africa, and Asia Pacific, the SEC has partnered with IOSCO, the FSB, and others to take transformative steps to modernize regulation of the asset management industry on a more global scale.