House Financial Services Committee Hearing
On July 13, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing entitled “Protecting Investor Interests: Examining Environmental and Social Policy in Financial Regulation.” Witnesses in the hearing were: James Copland, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute Benjam Zycher, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Lawrence Cunningham, Special Counsel, Mayer Brown Ted Allen, Vice …
Read MoreCFTC GMAC Meeting
On July 17, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC) held a public meeting. In her opening remarks, Committee Sponsor Commissioner Caroline Pham emphasized that global collaboration will be crucial to mitigate systemic risks in financial markets. Commissioner Kristen Johnson, Commissioner Summer Mersinger, and Commissioner Goldsmith …
Read MoreDigital Asset Market Structure Markups
On July 26 and 27, the House Financial Services and Agriculture Committees held markups of H.R. 4763, The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act. The bill is designed to create a regulatory structure for digital asset markets that provides the CFTC with regulatory authority over digital asset commodities and the SEC regulatory …
Read MoreSenate Appropriations Committee Hearing
On July 19, the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held a hearing entitled “A Review of the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.” The sole witness in the hearing was Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler. Below are some high-level …
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