Highlights Senator Warren has targeted private equity or “Wall Street” for disruptions and challenges in the fire apparatus market. The problem with this narrative is that, as the Times stipulated, the fundamental challenge confronting the firefighting vehicle market is the…
Read moreHighlights The IAIS’s new climate-risk paper encourages the extensive integration of climate considerations into insurance regulation. The paper advised that climate-related considerations be incorporated throughout the insurance marketplace, to include executive compensation, investment decisions, and insurer governance. This is another…
Read moreHighlights: At midnight on December 31st, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will expire, imposing an estimated average increase of $2,800 per taxpayer, impacting 62 percent of households. Beyond the tax hike itself, the expiration will impose additional costs…
Read moreHighlights Nevada’s SB391 targets institutional landlords without addressing the core cause of high housing costs: a severe shortage of homes. Investor activity, including institutional investment in single-family rentals, is not a driver of unaffordability and often improves housing quality and…
Read moreHighlights: Cass condemns foreign direct investment as selling off American assets, yet praises foreign-owned auto plants as industrial policy success stories. He critiques unions for undermining productivity but supports sectoral bargaining—a union-strengthening model. He dismisses critics of protectionism as fundamentalists,…
Read moreComments to House Committee on Financial Services Overview Defined contribution retirement plans, particularly 401(k)s, are the central vehicle for American retirement savings. Yet the investment options available to plan participants remain disproportionately concentrated in public markets. Institutional investors – including…
Read moreHighlights Under former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra, the agency published a rule that would more heavily regulate the use of consumer data. The CFPB proposed applying the strictures of the Fair Credit Reporting Act to data brokers, effectively regulating these…
Read moreHighlights: The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) continues to exert outsized influence that conflicts with the U.S. state-based regulatory system, as evidenced in a draft report released Wednesday. IAIS is an international nongovernmental organization (NGO) that has no regulatory…
Read moreHighlights Private markets have grown to over $13 trillion, but retail investors are largely barred from investing in these asset classes. These markets are generally only available to institutions and “accredited investors,” or individuals with sufficiently high income or wealth…
Read moreHighlights The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been fatally flawed since its establishment in 2010. The agency has defied Congressional oversight by design, and has exerted outsized regulatory authority over the financial services industry. Last-minute regulations pertaining to overdraft…
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