Financial Markets Content

A November 2010 paper on U.S. capital markets from the Kauffman Foundation shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how exchange-traded funds (ETFs) operate. The authors are respected industry authorities, and they offer some ideas that merit further consideration. But the paper levels...

The newly-created Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) has been tasked with determining which nonbank financial companies are systemically significant and therefore require additional regulatory scrutiny. The FSOC has asked for input regarding the specific criteria and...