Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness
We break down barriers and shape policy that finances growth.

The Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness’ (CCMC) mission is to advance America’s global leadership in capital formation by supporting diverse capital markets that are the most fair, transparent, efficient, and innovative in the world.
CCMC advocates on behalf of American businesses to ensure that legislation and regulation strengthen 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 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's beneficial ownership rule fails to strike the balance between new reporting costs for law-abiding businesses and providing useful information to law enforcement.
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Tom QuaadmanExecutive Vice President, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) Bill HulseVice President, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness Evan WilliamsSr. Director, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness Kristen MalinconicoDirector, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness
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The SEC’s new mutual fund regulations will mean higher costs for those saving for retirement.
The costs of the FTC’s regulate first, ask questions later agenda are becoming clear. Under current leadership, mergers cost more, take longer, and have become less certain.
A new interpretation of a rule originally intended for public companies will have unintended consequences for private companies by making it more difficult and costly to raise capital.
This Statement for the Record was filed with the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, for the hearing entitled, "Hearing on “Fairness in Financial Services: Racism and Discrimination in Banking."
In a new policy statement defining unfair methods of competition, the FTC is actually set on declaring it illegal for companies to compete in ways that help consumers.
Serious questions emerge about the utility of current financial disclosures and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) role in reforming existing and proposing new disclosure rules.
When consumer complaints are settled by arbitration, they win more, faster.
This Hill letter was sent to the office of Sen. Mike Rounds, supporting S. 5005, the "Mandatory Materiality Requirement Act of 2022."