🚨NEW: SEC Chair @SECPaulSAtkins just rang the Opening Bell at the @NYSE and is set to give a speech momentarily to mark America’s upcoming 250th birthday by calling for a revival of U.S. public markets. Since taking the helm at Wall Street’s top cop, Atkins has been vocal about wanting to “make IPOs great again,” lamenting that there are nearly half as many public companies today as there were 30 years ago. He’s expected to echo that sentiment today while emphasizing the need to cut burdensome reporting requirements that have kept American companies private longer.(Eleanor Terrett)