SEC Chair Mary Jo White in her final speech called on her audience to challenge efforts that could undermine the SEC’s independence. (Photo:AP)

Just three days before she’s set to leave the SEC, Chair Mary Jo White suggested that the independence of the agency is threatened.

In a wide-ranging speech before the Economic Club of New York Tuesday, White said the SEC “is more susceptible than ever to the erosion of its expertise and authority by the partisan tides.”

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