The CFTC’s proposed rules on margin and capital requirements must be substantially strengthened. Specifically, the process of collecting margin must be generally improved, both in terms of quantity and quality required. The suggested revisions would not only improve the overall effectiveness of the rules, but also the fairness, as the proposed rules seems to favor swap dealers.
Read our letter urging the Senate to oppose the “Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act”, H.R. 1062, which would protect overpaid CEOs from embarrassment by allowing them to hide shameful pay disparities within companies.
Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – July 2, 2011 – July 8, 2011.
View a presentation given by Vanderbilt University professor Margaret Blair at our June 28th conference here.
View a presentation given by AFL-CIO Policy Director, Damon Silvers, at our June 28th conference here.
View a presentation given by Alliance for American Manufacturing Executive Director, Scott Paul, at our June 28th conference here.