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January 25, 2024

ROBINHOOD/GAMESTOP/CITADEL: MAKING YOUR VOICE HEARD

The frenzied trading in GameStop, AMC, Bed Bath & Beyond, and other “meme stocks” in early 2021 resulted in lots of media coverage, hearings on the Hill, and international attention. The events…

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April 14, 2023

SEC Market Structure Reforms

The Gamestop and meme-stock trading frenzies in early 2021 highlighted longstanding market integrity and investor protection issues in the U.S. equities markets, including the increasingly fragmented state of our markets, practices such…

Fact Sheets

February 01, 2023

The Securities And Exchange Commission: Regulation And Enforcement In 2022

Major Progress But More Work To Do Read the full report here. The SEC’s Mission and Why it Matters The SEC is critical to maintaining the integrity,…

Reports

January 25, 2023

The SEC’s Excellent Record on Crypto: Regulation and Enforcement

Better Markets released a report entitled “The SEC’s Excellent Record on Crypto: Regulation and Enforcement”: Why It Matters. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been subject to withering and relentless criticism—…

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April 08, 2022

Report Release: The SEC Must Stop Bleeding Public Markets Dry

Over the last several decades, the SEC’s steadily expanding exemptions from the registration requirements in the U.S. securities laws have shifted capital-raising activities between two parallel markets. One is an expanding private…

Reports

January 20, 2022

SEC’s Whistleblower Program: A $5 Billion Success Story With a Bright Future

The SEC’s whistleblower program was established in the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, and in the decade since then, it has amassed an impressive record as an effective law enforcement tool. It essentially…

Reports

November 18, 2021

Cutting Through the Hype on SPACs

While SPACs can make some people a lot of money, far too often that money is coming straight out of the pockets of retail investors. Cutting through the hype to learn the…

Fact Sheets

June 14, 2021

Better Markets Responds to SEC Request for Public Input on Climate Disclosures

On June 14, 2021, Better Markets filed a comment letter in response to an SEC request for public input on climate change related disclosures. Better Markets applauds the SEC for beginning the process…

Analysis

June 07, 2021

Better Markets Supplementary Comment Letter on Universal Proxy

On June 7, 2021, Better Markets filed a supplementary comment letter on a proposal by the SEC to establish a universal proxy requirement for most contested corporate elections. We support the creation…

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