Mar 10, 2015 | Capital Markets, Statement
Today the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation issued a statement indicating its belief that is is premature for Congress to draft of introduce any legislative bills that relate to the yet unknown outcome of the case of United States v. Newman et. al, which...
Mar 2, 2015 | Financial Stability, Op-Ed
By GLENN HUBBARD and HAL S. SCOTT Originally published by the Wall Street Journal on March 2, 2015 The Federal Reserve’s powers to act as lender of last resort need to be restored and strengthened. Dodd-Frank restrictions on the Federal Reserve’s powers to...
Feb 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Committee Study Shows Weakness in the Competitiveness of US Primary Markets U.S. capital market competitiveness showed continued historical weakness through the fourth quarter of 2014, despite the positive effect of the record-breaking initial public offering of the...
Feb 23, 2015 | Capital Markets, Report
The staff of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation has conducted an empirical study of the frequency with which corporate directors resign or decline to stand for reelection after failing to obtain successful election results at annual shareholder meetings. This...
Feb 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation today released data on the total public financial penalties imposed on financial institutions in the United States for 2014. Public financial penalties include public class action settlements that arise from class action...