Jan 13, 2013 | Banking, Capital Markets, Op-Ed
By HAL S. SCOTT Originally published by Bloomberg View on January 13, 2013 Despite the exhausting pace of financial regulatory reform in President Barack Obama’s first term, further changes are needed to improve the stability of the financial system and to make...
Jan 11, 2013 | Banking, Op-Ed
By HAL S. SCOTT Originally published by Quartz on January 11, 2013 Here’s the secret about that secret Goldman Sachs team that made headlines this week: It’s not really doing anything wrong. Bloomberg News reported that the investment bank is sidestepping...
Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation (CCMR), an independent and nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving regulation and enhancing the competitiveness of U.S. public equity capital markets, today released data from the third quarter of 2012. U.S....
Nov 20, 2012 | Financial Stability, Report
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 20, 2012—Hal S. Scott the Director of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation (CCMR), an independent and nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving regulation and enhancing the competitiveness of U.S. capital markets, today...
Nov 1, 2012 | Banking, Statement
WASHINGTON, November 1, 2012—Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, often referred to as the Volcker Rule, is designed to strengthen the financial system and constrain the level of risk undertaken by banking entities that benefit from FDIC-insurance on customer deposits...
