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Vanderbilt Professor Destroys SEC’s Decision to Mandate Climate Disclosure

Vanderbilt University Professor Joshua T. White, a former SEC economist at the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA), did a highly effective job of critiquing the SEC’s new climate disclosure rules during a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee. The new type of… Read More

CFTC Chair Giancarlo Comments on Crypto Fame, Importance of Principles Based Regulatory Approach for Digital Currencies

Speaking at Vanderbilt University Law School this past week, Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo made some interesting comments. Giancarlo, a Commodore Alum, spoke about the digitization of finance (Fintech) and the subject of virtual currencies. Giancarlo reflected on time spent with… Read More

Commissioner Gallagher Delivers Incomplete Report Card to SEC; Derides Nanny State Protection

We reported on Saturday that Commissioner Daniel Gallagher had visited the land of the Commodores in Nashville and delivered a piercing speech where he labeled Title III, retail crowdfunding as similar to former East Bloc Germany. While I wondered who would play the role of… Read More

Commissioner Gallagher: Title III Crowdfunding is “1970s East Germany”

SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher gave a speech yesterday at the Vanderbilt Law School in Nashville. While the text of the speech is not yet available, Bloomberg has quoted  the Commissioner on Title III of the JOBS Act as being smothered by red-tape.  Effectively he is highlighting… Read More

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