Businesses of all sizes need well-functioning and multi-faceted capital markets. Excessive and unnecessary banking and securities regulations constrain access to capital for businesses, making it harder for them to form and grow. The Chamber believes a free and efficient capital market system is essential to economic growth and innovation.
In addition, public companies are facing increasing outside pressure to focus on short term gains and special interests over long term wellbeing and investment. The Chamber is focused on rebalancing the system to reinvigorate the public company model.
The Chamber will defend America’s financial institutions and our capital markets from destructive attacks. We should be praising and perfecting our capital markets as a crown jewel of our economic system—not trying to tear them down.
Proposals have been released regarding standards of conduct for broker-dealers and investment advisers.
The recent proposal to fix it can help remove the gunk that is clogging our economic growth engine.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — David Hirschmann, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC), issued the following statement today regarding the decision by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to rescind the designation of Prudential Financial as a “systemically important financial institution” (SIFI):
Two New Reports Examine Influence of Unreliable Proxy Advisory Firms and Impact of Outdated Shareholder Proposal System
Join the U.S. Chamber’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) this Tuesday, October 9, for a lunch event that will discuss developments and issues that arose during the 2018 proxy season and what could be in store for the next proxy season and beyond.
This letter was sent to the House Committee on Financial Services on several bills in Committee markup today.
Ten years after the financial crisis, an inadequate regulatory system plagues our financial system.
The Metlife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index moved up to 68.9 in Q3, hitting another record high.
The SEC should ensure investors have access to different types of services and products and fully understand the choices they are making.
Here are 8 principles for what smart policymaking looks like in this ever-changing industry.
From shipping to staffing, the Chamber and its partners have the tools to save your business money and the solutions to help you run it more efficiently. Join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today to start saving.
Weekly insights and analysis from the intersection of government and business.
