Aug 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
U.S. capital market competitiveness remained weak through the first half of 2013, when some key measures of use of U.S. public equity markets fell to levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. “The competitive landscape of U.S. capital markets has continued to...
Aug 12, 2013 | Capital Markets, Op-Ed
By HAL S. SCOTT and LESLIE SILVERMAN Originally published by National Law Journal on August 12, 2013 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last year rejected without explanation the attempt by the The Carlyle Group L.P. to go public with a provision in its...
Aug 5, 2013 | Financial Stability, Op-Ed
By HAL S. SCOTT Originally published by Politico on August 5, 2013 Last week, writing in POLITICO, former members of Congress Chris Dodd and Barney Frank touted the fact that the legislation that bears their names now forbids using public funding to keep failing banks...
Jul 24, 2013 | Capital Markets, Financial Stability, Op-Ed
By HAL S. SCOTT Originally published by Financial Times on July 24, 2013 Sir, Philip Stafford’s article “EU-US swaps trading deal is not the end of the story” (Quick View, FT.com, July 16) and my recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal (“Land Mines in the Derivatives...
Jul 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation today released data on the total public financial penalties imposed on financial institutions in the U.S. for the first half of 2013. Public financial penalties include public class action settlements that arise from class...
