Mar 15, 2013 | Banking, Capital Markets, Statement
Data released today by the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation reveal a dramatic jump in public settlements and regulatory penalties imposed on financial institutions in 2012 and 2013, and the liability of financial institutions may grow further in the wake of the...
Feb 22, 2013 | Capital Markets, Financial Stability, Op-Ed
By HAL S. SCOTT Originally Published by American Banker on February 22, 2013 The Financial Stability Oversight Council is about to decide which nonbanks with assets of $50 billion or more to designate as systemically important. It should use this authority...
Feb 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation today released U.S. competitiveness data for 2012. U.S. capital market competitiveness remained weak in 2012 with many competitiveness measures suffering declines from the previous year. Hal S. Scott, Director of the...
Feb 15, 2013 | Capital Markets, Financial Stability, Letter
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation today submitted two comment letters to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”). The first letter argues that certain financial institutions, including asset managers and traditional insurers, should not be...
Jan 28, 2013 | Capital Markets, Financial Stability, Letter
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation today issued a letter to derivatives regulators comparing proposed E.U. swaps clearinghouse requirements against their U.S. counterparts under Dodd-Frank. Addressed to Rodrigo Buenaventura, Head of the Markets Division of...
