Opinions and Responses
Opinions
EU Markets Need to Commit to Catch up With the US on T+1
In May, the US and Canada moved from settling securities transactions two days after a trade to one...
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Only Activist Raiders Would Miss Annual Meetings
September 12, 2024—Powerful activist investors have been abusing the New York Stock Exchange's...
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For US Treasury Troubles, Treat the Cause Not the Symptom
Financial regulators in the US have recently expressed worries over the growing use of Treasury...
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Capital Markets Union: The Trap of Isolationism
Capital markets union is essential to the success of the European project. Vibrant capital markets...
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US Retail Investment Under Attack from Bunk ‘Common Ownership’ Theory
Ambitious policymakers from both big US political parties are looking to make hay of the failed idea...
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SEC’s Reforms to Mutual Funds Will Hurt Investors
Mutual funds have been foundational to American retail investing for almost a century. They...
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SEC Should Abandon its Misguided and Costly Proposal for Fund Names
The risk is that the regulator would invite itself into the management of savings vehicles By Susan...
Opinions
The SEC’s Rules Are Getting Unreal
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s job is to make markets work. But today’s SEC leadership...
Letters to the Editor & Responses
L’Europe devrait chercher avec l’administration Biden un accord sur une norme minimale d’information...
Dès son entrée en fonctions, Joe Biden va réengager les États-Unis dans l’accord de Paris sur le...
Letters to the Editor & Responses
Europe Should Seek an Agreement with the Biden Administration on Minimum Standard for Corporate Non-...
On his first day in office, Joe Biden promises to bring the US back into the Paris Agreement on...
Letters to the Editor & Responses
The Fund-Management Industry Now Wants the US to Take the Lead on ESG Investing—Here’s What It Says ...
President-elect Joe Biden clearly plans to recalibrate how the United States engages on key...
Letters to the Editor & Responses
Investment Company Act Turns 80
Eighty years ago, on August 23, 1940, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law the...
Letters to the Editor & Responses
COVID-19: How Capital Markets Are Key to Europe's Recovery
Before COVID-19, the region’s economy already was struggling, with growth of just 0.1 percent in the...
Letters to the Editor & Responses
A Spousal IRA May Be the Best Gift You Can Give Your Non-Working Husband or Wife
Most people are aware that Social Security provides spousal benefits for husbands and wives who don...
Letters to the Editor & Responses
Ongoing UCITS Fees Are Falling
UCITS are an example of EU financial innovation and a global success story. With €10.1 trillion in...
Letters to the Editor & Responses
Financial Transaction Tax Costs
Your story “Elizabeth Warren Healthcare Plan Sparks Outcry over 401(k) Tax Hike” accurately exposes...