Finance
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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.
Main Street Lending
Federal regulators are getting ready to implement new rules for banks. The result could be less credit and slower growth for American business.
ESG / Corporate Governance
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.
ESG / Corporate Governance
A fragmented approach to mandatory disclosure requirements risks damaging U.S. capital markets and weakening our economy’s 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
- Main Street Business United Against Burdensome Bank RulesTo protect hometown businesses, more than 100 local chambers of commerce across America urge Biden Administration to scrap the “Basel III Endgame” banking rules.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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Latest Content
The SEC should return the focus of the proxy process to the long-term success of businesses
Careful regulation and the trust-building nature of quality audits were major themes at a recent Chamber event, which featured industry leaders from the audit community.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (“CCMC”) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB” or “Board”) proposed rules on Firm Reporting (the “Proposal”). The Chamber urges PCAOB to withdraw this proposal.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (“CCMC”) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB” or “Board”) proposed rules on Firm Reporting (the “Proposal”). The Chamber urges PCAOB to withdraw this proposal.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) is deeply concerned with the proposal your agencies have announced to implement incentive-based compensation rules (“proposal”). The Chamber believes that the proposal violates Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“section 956” and “Dodd-Frank Act.”)[1] .
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Financial Accounting Standards Board Private Company Council as part of the Financial Accounting Foundation Board of Trustees’ review of the PCC and Request for Comment.
The U.S. Chamber was joined by 230 national assocations and state and local chambers in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting it stay the effective date of the Noncompete Rule to allow for judicial review.
How the Neo-Brandeisian agenda at the American Economic Liberties Project’s Anti-Monopoly Summit undermines U.S. economic vitality and competitiveness.
House Vote on the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act