Whether to harmonize investment advisor and broker-dealer rules will be among the Security and Exchange Commission’s primary tasks for 2014, SEC Chairman Mary Jo White said today.

White, speaking at a Practising Law Institute conference in Washington, D.C., this morning, refused to say if she favors a fiduciary standard for brokers and unified regulation of both financial services industry groups.

Speaking of the SEC's other plans for the year, White said there will be increased risk monitoring of asset managers, including expanded stress testing, more robust data reporting and increased oversight of the largest asset management firms.

The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance will update corporate disclosure rules, she said. The unit will survey investors on what information they want from public companies, when they want it and how companies can most meaningfully provide it, White added.