Four days after she announced she would leave her post in January, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White took a victory lap Friday.

White used a speech to the New York University Law School to highlight a litany of accomplishments in her close to four years of leading the regulator.

“By every measure, the SEC’s enforcement program has been a resounding success (during my tenure),” White said.

The key to achieving record numbers of enforcement actions while she has headed the agency, said the SEC Chair, has been to essentially change how enforcement is done, misconduct is identified and investigative processes are followed. Also during her tenure, the SEC has sought tougher settlements and has changed how its enforcement staff prepares lawsuits.

“We have not lost a jury trial in federal district court in two and a half years,” she boasted.

White added the increase in data analytics while she has been in office has dramatically raised the number of cases the SEC has been able to bring.

Since she has been in office, SEC whistleblower awards created by the Dodd-Frank Act have been available, and whistleblower tips have transformed enforcement at the agency, she said.

She said her directive to have enforcement demand admissions of guilt in more instances has increased corporate accountability
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White added these admissions have come from a broad spectrum of important market participants including financial institutions, broker-dealers, audit firms and individuals.