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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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Federal regulators are getting ready to implement new rules for banks. The result could be less credit and slower growth for American business.
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This timeline shows the ways in which Chairwoman Khan has moved to silence dissent at the FTC and consolidated power in ways that call into question the independence of the agency.
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The Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against Amazon poses some internal inconsistencies with the company’s practices and the agency’s rules.
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
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This Hill letter was sent to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, on S. 3441, the “Fair Hiring in Banking Act.”
There are a wealth of government, business and nonprofit programs available to assist schools, parents, and the community in helping our youth to achieve financial literacy while they are in school.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tom Quaadman, executive vice president, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement today after the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed regulatory action on proxy voting under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) plans:
This report includes a timeline of events that have informed the SEC’s actions, as well as a brief overview of the Proxy Advisor Rule and Commission Guidance, to help public companies understand how the proxy process and their relationship with proxy advisors will likely change in the coming years.
The U.S Chamber Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness has long advocated for these changes that modernize and simplify disclosure requirements for public companies while ensuring investors are still provided with material information. By expanding the definition of accredited investor, the SEC is providing growing companies new sources of capital.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley today issued the following statement on the possible exclusion of temporary liability protections for businesses, schools, colleges, and other institutions and establishments.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley today issued the following statement on the decline of the gross domestic product in the second quarter.
U.S. Chamber Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley issued the following statement in response to today’s House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on online platforms and market power.
This Key Vote Alert! letter was sent to the U.S. House of Representatives opposing Amendment 215 to H.R. 7617, the “Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021.” This amendment, offered by Reps. Maxine Waters and Brad Sherman, would block the SEC's recent rule on proxy advisors.