Finance
Free and efficient financial markets are essential to a diverse and growing economy. They allow businesses to succeed and individuals to build financial security. To support that system, we need smart regulation that ensures access to capital and credit, enables companies to go public, incentivizes innovation, and provides choice and access for investors while protecting consumers.
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The Chamber is proposing simple, yet effective, changes to the FTC's recusal process to ensure due process and transparency.
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More concerning is the department’s efforts to ignore evidence and tip the scales in violation of fundamental due process rights.
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New merger guidelines from the FTC and DOJ will undermine economic competitiveness.
Further reading
- How Bank Mergers Promote CompetitionBank mergers help drive innovation and access to products and services for consumers. But proposed legislation could stifle deals at a time when new technologies and entrants are creating more competition than ever before.Learn More
- Why Selling Your Business Might Get HarderProposed antitrust legislation could impact the ability of everyone from individual entrepreneurs to multi-million-dollar companies to be acquired.Learn More
- 3 Things You Need to Know About Stock BuybacksWith the potential for new legislative developments, now is a good time to take a closer look at stock buybacks: what they are, what they do, what motivates a company to make investment decisions, and who benefits when companies buy back their stock.Learn More
Our Work
The U.S. Chamber promotes policies that ensure U.S. capital markets remain the fairest, most efficient, and innovative in the world. We advocate for legislation and regulation that strengthens our capital markets, allowing businesses—from the local flower shop to a multinational manufacturer—to mitigate risks, manage liquidity, access credit, and raise capital.
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The agencies' proposed changes to HSR forms and new merger guidelines will increase costs and government red tape for companies looking to close mergers.
The Chamber's response to Request for Public Comment on Draft Merger Guidelines
Petition would require commissioners to seek written legal guidance of agency ethics officials and disclose in writing the rationale for any decisions to decline to follow the recommendations of ethics officials.
The Chamber is proposing simple, yet effective, changes to the FTC's recusal process to ensure due process and transparency.
More concerning is the department’s efforts to ignore evidence and tip the scales in violation of fundamental due process rights.
If a change in public company audit standards is adopted, it would turn public company audits into wide-ranging investigations. And the cost to investors and public companies would be sky high.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the House Committee on Financial Services, on a markup in the committee on July 27.
