PRESS RESOURCES

Press Release 10/14/2009
CCMR LETTER DISTRIBUTED TO KEY REGULATORY REFORM LEGISLATORS SAYS CFPA LEGISLATION GOES TOO FAR ON SOME ISSUES, NOT FAR ENOUGH ON OTHERS

Press Release 9/22/2009
FIRST HALF OF 2009 DEMONSTRATES CONTINUED EROSION IN COMPETITIVENESS OF U.S. PUBLIC EQUITY MARKETS

Press Release 7/21/2009
FIRST QUARTER MEASURES REVEAL CONTINUED DECLINE
IN COMPETITIVENESS OF U.S. PUBLIC EQUITY MARKETS

Press Release 6/10/2009
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION RELEASES COATES RECOMMENDATIONS ON MUTUAL FUNDS AND OTHER COLLECTIVE INVESTMENTS

Press Release 5/26/2009
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION RELEASES, "THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: A PLAN FOR REGULATORY REFORM"
Recommendations to Reduce Systemic Risk and Make Markets More Transparent

Press Release 2/13/2009
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION COMPLETES SURVEY REGARDING THE USE BY FOREIGN ISSUERS OF THE PRIVATE RULE 144A EQUITY MARKET

Press Release 1/14/2009
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION RELEASES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REORGANIZING U.S. REGULATORY STRUCTURE

Press Release 11/24/2008
CONTINUED EROSION IN U.S. PUBLIC EQUITY MARKET COMPETITIVENESS WAS AMONG THE FEW CLEAR TRENDS DURING Q3 MARKETS CHAOS

Press Release 9/3/2008
AMID PLUNGING IPO ACTIVITY IN 2008, CCMR FINDS THAT U.S. PUBLIC EQUITY MARKET COMPETITIVENESS CONTINUES ITS DECLINE

Press Release 8/12/2008
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION REPORTS ON COMPETITIVENESS OF THE U.S. DERIVATIVES MARKET

Press Release 7/11/2008
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION TO STUDY “FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN THE SECURITIZED DEBT MARKETS”

Press Release 5/28/2008
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION RELEASES Q1 2008 COMPETITIVENESS UPDATE

Press Release 4/4/2008
The following statement has been issued by Prof. Hal S. Scott, Director of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, in Response to the Treasury Department’s “Blueprint for A Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure”

Press Release 3/26/2008
NON-U.S. COMPANY DELISTINGS FROM NYSE SOARED IN 2007

Press Release 12/12/2007
The following statement has been issued by Prof. Hal S. Scott, Director of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, in response to this morning’s testimony by SEC chairman Christopher Cox before the House Small Business Committee

Press Release 12/4/2007 
COMPETITIVENESS OF U.S. PUBLIC EQUITY MARKET
STILL DECLINING

Press Release 12/5/2006
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION BACKS NYSE RULE CHANGE

Press Release 11/30/2006
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION RECOMMENDS ENHANCING SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND  CURBING EXCESSIVE REGULATION AND LITIGATION

Press Release 9/12/2006
NEW INDEPENDENT NON-PARTISAN COMMITTEE TO
STUDY CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO KEY POLICY MAKERS

Comment Letters and Statements

8/9/2009 FDIC comment letter Regarding Proposed Statement of Policy on Qualifications for Failed Bank Acquisitions

6/16/2009 Statement by Hal Scott on the Obama Adminstration’s “White Paper” (PDF)

1/14/2009
Committee on Capital Markets Regulation Releases Recommendations for Reorganizing the U.S. Regulatory Structure (PDF)

11/21/2007
On November 21, 2007, the Committee commented on the Review by the Treasury Department of the Regulatory Structure Associated with Financial Institutions.  Click here to view the Committee’s comment letter.

2/26/07
SEC Filing on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404

2/26/07
PCAOB Filing on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404

2/9/07
SEC Filing on Deregistration

Testimony

2/4/2010
Hal S. Scott testifies at the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Hearing on the “Implications of the ‘Volcker Rules’ for Financial Stability." Click here to view testimony.

7/28/2009
Hal S. Scott testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on regulatory modernization as it relates to the insurance industry. Click here to view testimony.

6/5/2007
Director Hal Scott invited to testifiy on Sarbanes-Oxley 404 before U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee. Click here to view testimony.

Web Cast

5/26/09 Live at 10:00 am EDT
May 26 release of the Committee's new report entitled, "The Global Financial Crisis: A Plan for Regulatory Reform"