May 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
CAMBRIDGE, MA, May 3, 2016 CONTINUING COMPETITIVE WEAKNESS IN U.S. PUBLIC CAPITAL MARKETS Committee Study Shows Weak Start to 2016 in U.S. Public Markets CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 3, 2016—U.S. capital market competitiveness showed startling signs of weakness in the first...
May 1, 2016 | Financial Stability, Op-Ed
By HAL S. SCOTT Originally published by the Washington Times on May 1, 2016 In remarkably unusual public statements, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has aggressively criticized U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer’s legal decision to invalidate the Financial...
Apr 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
CAMBRIDGE, MA, April 15, 2016 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 15, 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 Q1 2016. Public financial penalties...
Apr 14, 2016 | Capital Markets, Letter
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) regarding the SEC’s recently proposed interpretation of Regulation NMS, which would allow exchanges to apply...
Mar 17, 2016 | Capital Markets, Letter
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation submitted a comment letter on the Proposed Rule released by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission regarding Regulation Automated Trading. We are supportive of the Proposed Rule’s stated purpose...