Policy Type: Congressional Testimony
Continued erosion in competitiveness of U.S. public equity market was among the few clear trends during 2008 market chaos
“Although the current financial crisis has distorted some traditional measures, there is little question that the competitive position of U.S. capital markets continues to deteriorate.”
Financial Times Op-ed: The US Treasury is a Public, Not a Private, Investor
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Survey Regarding the Use by Foreign Issuers of the Private Rule 144a Equity Market
The Committee has completed a survey regarding the explosive growth in the use by foreign issuers of the private Rule 144A equity market in the Unites States.
Wall Street Journal Op-ed: From Awful to Merely Bad: Reviewing the Bank Rescue Options
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Continued erosion in U.S. public equity market competitiveness was among the few clear trends during Q3 markets chaos
“Notwithstanding the extraordinary market conditions that skewed some usually reliable measures of competitiveness, significant further deterioration in U.S. public equity market competitiveness clearly stands out.”
Wall Street Journal Op-ed: Let’s Get the Bank Rescue Right
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Amid plunging IPO activity in 2008, CCMR finds that U.S. public equity market competitiveness continues its decline
The Committee released its findings documenting the huge second quarter decline in IPO activity in the United States and foreign markets, a continuing reduction in the ability of U.S. markets to capture IPOs, and a failure by U.S. markets to list any of the largest IPOs in 2008.
Report on Competitiveness of the U.S. Derivatives Market
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Continued erosion in U.S. public equity market competitiveness was among the few clear trends during Q3 markets chaos
NEW YORK, May 28, 2008 – The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation (“Committee”), has released its competitiveness update for the first quarter of 2008 showing that the U.S. retains a shrinking share of a shrinking market. The Committee, an independent and nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving the regulation of U.S. capital markets, said that […]
Statement by Prof. Hal S. Scott in Response to the Treasury Department’s “Blueprint for A Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure”
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