Senate Panel Schedules SEC Nomination Hearing for Peirce, Jackson

Peirce has voiced her concern about Labor's fiduciary rule. "I'm quite worried about DOL's proposal, because I've heard that the SEC's input wasn't considered," she responded to questioning during a confirmation hearing last March.

"We need to understand how rules like this are going to impact everyday people," she said, adding that if confirmed she would "want to see what work SEC and DOL had done" on the rulemaking.

Jackson has not shared his views publicly on a fiduciary rulemaking.

Paul Atkins, CEO of Washington-based Patomak Global Partners – who also served on President Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum, advising on financial markets regulation and economic policy – told ThinkAdvisor in an email on Monday that Clayton "clearly appreciates the harm that a bifurcated regulatory regime would cause retail investors and should be commended for his efforts to advance regulatory consistency between the SEC and DOL."

Atkins added that he's "confident that the DOL and SEC, under their new leadership, will work closely together toward a uniform standard that will be a benefit for investors and their advisors."