Jan 1, 2014 | Banking, Report
Executive Summary of Policy Recommendations This study by the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation (the “Committee”) examines a balanced approach to capital regulation that enhances private market discipline while strengthening the complementary role of...
Dec 11, 2013 | Capital Markets, Letter
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation today submitted a comment letter to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCOAB) critiquing the June 2011 initial concept release broadly seeking to improve the form of auditors’ report. The letter raises...
Nov 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 21, 2013—U.S. capital market competitiveness remained weak through the third quarter of 2013, when measures of aversion to U.S. public equity markets reached levels not seen since the 2007-2008 financial crisis. “The global competitiveness...
Nov 1, 2013 | Capital Markets, Financial Stability, Letter
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation today submitted a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) critiquing the September 2013 report of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Financial Research, entitled Asset Management and...
Oct 26, 2013 | Capital Markets, Report
Hal S. Scott and Leslie N. Silverman published an article on stockholder adoption of mandatory individual arbitration for stockholder disputes. The article was published in Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. A copy is available here.