Commentary by faculty and affiliates of the Duke Law Global Financial Markets Center
This post is the latest in our special issue: “Climate Change and Financial Markets – Risk, Regulation, and Innovation.” To learn more about the special issue and the work of the Global Financial Markets Center around climate change and financial markets, please read the special issue’s introduction here. And to review all The FinReg Blog […]
This post is the latest in our special issue: “Climate Change and Financial Markets – Risk, Regulation, and Innovation.” To learn more about the special issue and the work of the Global Financial Markets Center around climate change and financial markets, please read the special issue’s introduction here. And to review all The FinReg Blog […]
Courtesy of Lawrence Baxter, Mercy B. DeMenno, Lee Reiners, and Joe Smith The following letter was submitted by the Global Financial Markets Center on May 9, 2020, to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in response to the CFTC’s request for public comment on topics and issues being addressed by the Climate-Related Market Risk Subcommittee […]
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) ushered in the most substantial changes to the U.S. financial system since the Great Depression. The statute was 848 pages long and imposed an estimated 27,278 new restrictions—equal to 74 percent of the restrictions created by all other laws passed during the Obama administration combined! […]
Courtesy of Joseph Caputo and Lee Reiners The emergence of fintech lending – also called marketplace lending or peer-to-peer lending – and its interplay with the United States’ fragmented financial regulatory system, has given rise to a niche market of mid-size banks that cater to nonbank fintech lenders. While these banks may provide their fintech […]
Courtesy of Lee Reiners and Joseph A. Smith Jr. This case study draws primarily—and in some instances quotes verbatim—from the “Report on the Non-Resident Portfolio at Danske Bank’s Estonian Branch” prepared for the Bank on September 19, 2018, by the law firm Bruun & Hjejle.[1] Additional details are derived from other sources, including Danske Bank […]
Courtesy of David Fratto and Lee Reiners Last week’s announcement that a hacker accessed the personal information of approximately 106 million Capital One card customers and applicants has cast fresh light on financial institutions increasing reliance on the cloud. The hacker, a former employee of Amazon Web Services Inc., allegedly breached Capital One’s firewalls to […]
On June 18th, Facebook released a white paper and additional documentation that describe a new cryptocurrency, called Libra, which will be governed by the twenty-eight member Libra Association (the “Association”). Shortly thereafter, the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee announced they would hold hearings to look into Libra and Facebook’s involvement; these […]
The following is an edited comment letter that was submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 14th in response to the Commission’s May 20, 2019 order (Release No.34-85896) to institute proceedings under Section 19(b)(2)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933 (“Act”) to determine whether to approve or disapprove of Cboe […]