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Article: Council of Institutional Investors' Report Urges Caution on Financial Reform.
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- Investment Weekly News
- Article date:
- October 25, 2008
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A Council of Institutional Investors' white paper on proposals to revamp the U.S. financial regulatory system urges authorities to take a cautious approach because some of the suggested reforms could weaken critical existing investor protections.
The Council-commissioned paper, Some Investor Perspectives on Financial Regulation Proposals, examines-from the viewpoint of investors-concepts such as mutual recognition in securities regulation, integrating securities and futures regulation and single-agency oversight of all financial markets. Much of the analysis in the report focuses on proposals contained in the U.S. Treasury Department's March 2008 Blueprint for a ...