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July 15, 2021

What is ESG and Why is it So Important?

Investors, public interest advocates, the financial sector, and regulators in the U.S. and abroad have paid increasing attention to the way companies address environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) issues in…

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June 28, 2021

The Federal Reserve’s 2021 Stress Test Results: All Bark and No Bite

This year’s results of the Federal Reserve’s Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test (DFAST) highlight the effects of the Powell chairmanship’s de-regulatory efforts on the Fed’s stress testing program. The stress tests clearly no…

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May 04, 2021

Short Selling: 10 Recommendations for Improving the SEC’s Regulatory Framework

The recent trading frenzy in GameStop and other so-called “Reddit Rebellion” stocks has brought attention to longstanding deficiencies in the transparency framework, regulatory guardrails, and operational practices governing short selling in our…

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January 13, 2021

Fact Sheet: Wall Street’s Crime Spree 1998-2020; 395 Major Legal Actions and $195+ Billion in Fines and Settlements Over the Last 20 Years

For more than 20+ years, the nation’s six largest banks have engaged in a wide range of illegal activities without facing meaningful consequences. These megabanks—Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs,…

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November 23, 2020

Fact Sheet: CFTC Staff Report on April 2020 Volatility & Negative Price Crash in U.S.’s Benchmark Oil Contract Lacks Clear Objectives and Objectivity

See below for the Better Markets Fact Sheet on the events surrounding the CFTC Staff Report on WTI Negative Pricing and Trading Irregularities.

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October 14, 2020

Better Markets Fact Sheet on CFTC’s Forthcoming Final Position Limits Regulations

After ten years of rulemaking, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has scheduled a public meeting (Oct. 15, 2020) to consider a final speculative position limits framework for derivatives on certain physical commodities.

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June 11, 2020

Fact Sheet: The FDIC’s Proposal on Brokered Deposits Will Weaken Banks and Cost Taxpayers Money

The FDIC has issued a proposal that would make it easier for already-weak banks to accept “brokered deposits.” That’s an unstable form of bank funding that contributed to bank failures during the…

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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…

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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…

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