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Better Markets Analysis

March 08, 2023

Everything You Need to Know About FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, Crypto, the SEC, CFTC, the Revolving Door and the Influence Industry

As you know, there are many very fast-moving events related to these issues. While we have lots of materials below capturing much of that, we will be updating this webpage regularly, but…

Consumer Protection

June 11, 2021

Debunking Three De-regulatory Myths in Consumer Financial Protection

By Stephen Hall, Legal Director and Securities Specialist, with research assistance by Michael Hughes, Research and Program Assistant Introduction: False Narratives Undermine Consumer Protection As the Biden administration settles in and installs…

Commentaries

September 15, 2020

Better Markets Releases "Road to Recovery" Report on Protecting Main Street from Dangerous Deregulation

On Sept. 15, 2020, Better Markets released “Protecting Main Street from President Trump’s Dangerous Deregulation.” The report was released in conjunction with a Better Markets’ webinar during which Sen.

Reports

June 03, 2020

Fact Sheet: The CFPB Task Force on Consumer Protection Must Help Protect Consumers, Not the Financial Services Industry

Most Americans rely heavily on a variety of financial products to meet their basic needs, including credit cards, auto loans, mortgage loans, and sometimes even payday loans. Because these financial products and…

Fact Sheets

June 03, 2020

Fact Sheet: The SEC’s Proposed Expansion of the Private Markets Would Weaken Investor Protection and Continue to Ignore the Declining Public Markets

The SEC has proposed a radical expansion to the already complex web of exemptions under the current securities laws and regulations. If implemented, this expansion would expose financially unsophisticated retail investors to the…

Fact Sheets

May 29, 2020

Fact Sheet: Make a Bad Arbitration System Even Worse for Investors Or Protect Their Right to Assert Claims for a Broker’s Rule Violations? The Fourth Circuit Will Hear Argument on May 29, 2020

On May 29, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will hear oral argument in a case that will determine whether injured investors can recover in arbitration for…

Fact Sheets

March 26, 2020

Fact Sheet: Money Market Funds Are Failing and Being Bailed Out Again, As They Were During the 2008 Financial Crisis Just Twelve Years Ago

Another devastating financial and economic crisis is engulfing the nation just twelve years after the last one in 2008. The first priority must be to respond as fully and effectively as possible…

Fact Sheets

February 04, 2020

Fact Sheet: Bank Regulators Are Paving the Way for Loan Sharks, Payday Lenders, and Debt Collectors to Gouge Consumers with Sky-High Interest Rates

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Most states have usury laws protecting their residents from predatory lenders who would gouge consumers with outrageous interest rates and fees. But non-banks have identified a loophole that gets around…

Fact Sheets