Capital Study
The Committee on Capital Markets has engaged several academics to produce papers in connection with a year-long study on the use of periodic, government conducted, and publicly disclosed stress tests to determine adequate capital levels for banks.
Latest CCMR study shows continued erosion of U.S. share of global IPO market
“This has been a good quarter for IPO activity for U.S. companies in the United States but foreign companies continue to shun our public markets and U.S. companies increasingly make offerings only abroad.”
Comment Letter to the FSOC Regarding its Authority to Designate Financial Market Utilities as Systemically Important
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Comment Letter Regarding Business Conduct Standards for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants Dealing with Counterparties
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Comment Letter Regarding Form PF
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Comment Letter to the CFTC Regarding Business Conduct Standards for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants Dealing with Counterparties
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Wall Street Journal Op-ed: Capital Market Regulation Needs an Overhaul
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Hal S. Scott Testifies Before House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management in Hearing Entitled “Implementing Dodd-Frank: A Review of the CFTC’s Rulemaking Process”
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Joint Letter to the CFTC and SEC Regarding Form PF, which requires reporting by private funds
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Latest CCMR study shows deterioration in competitiveness of U.S. public equity markets in 2010 compared to 2009
“The size and value of U.S. capital markets declined in 2010. Many improvements that we saw in 2009 appear to have been a result of a flight to quality. We now seem to have reverted to the long-term trend of continued loss of competitiveness.”