Jul 27, 2016 | Capital Markets, Report
A Path Forward for the U.S. Equity Market Structure Well-functioning trading markets for stocks are critical to the U.S. economy because they promote the productive allocation of capital. They do so by establishing accurate prices for the shares of publicly traded...
Jul 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
CAMBRIDGE, MA, July 12, 2016 The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation today released data on the total public financial penalties imposed on financial institutions in the United States for Q2 2016. Public financial penalties include public class action settlements...
Jul 12, 2016 | Banking, Statement
CAMBRIDGE, MA, July 12, 2016 Nothing but the Facts: Community Banking in the United States This Nothing but the Facts statement by the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation aims to provide policymakers with relevant facts related to the role of community banks in...
Jun 10, 2016 | Banking, Financial Stability, Op-Ed
By HAL S. SCOTT Originally published by The Wall Street Journal on June 10, 2016 The Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. recently determined that five of America’s largest banks do not have credible plans to go through bankruptcy without relying on...
Jun 7, 2016 | Banking, Congressional Testimony
CAMBRIDGE, MA, June 7, 2016 Written testimony of Hal S. Scott, Nomura Professor and Director of the Program on International Financial Systems, Harvard Law School; Director of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and...