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GameStop hearing III: Analysis
10 May 2021
US Reporter Alex Pugh

Regulators promise to think about looking into tightening short selling rules

SEC chair to testify at final GameStop hearing
04 May 2021
US Reporter Drew Nicol

This week’s hearing will be an opportunity for committee members to present their policy recommendations to the SEC for rule changes to mitigate the risks similar future events may pose to investors and market stability

SLR exemptions will lapse, Fed says
23 March 2021
US Reporter Alex Pugh

The nation’s federal banking regulator is considering tweaking 2014’s supplementary leverage ratio

Second GameStop hearing to focus on securities lending disclosure proposals
17 March 2021
US Reporter Drew Nicol

Witnesses from brokers, market utilities and universities are expected to call for amendments to Regulation SHO, Dodd-Frank, and Form 13F, while pitching new concepts for reporting securities lending activities

Maxine Waters fires warning shot over SLR exemptions
11 March 2021
US Reporter Alex Pugh

“It is past time that your agencies stop prioritising the wishes of Wall Street over the public good,” Waters tells US regulators

SEC commissioner hints at post-GameStop regulatory landscape
24 February 2021
US Reporter Alex Pugh

An SEC commissioner’s speech has given some indication of where the agency stands on further regulations post-GameStop

US House considers calls for enhanced short selling disclosures after GameStop saga
19 February 2021
US Reporter Alex Pugh

A half-forgotten section of the US Dodd-Frank Act is being eyed as a vehicle to enact greater oversight of short selling activities and stamp-out perceived market manipulation

Melvin Capital founder heads to the hill for GameStop hearing
18 February 2021
US Reporter Alex Pugh

Melvin Capital CIO’s testimony before the US House Committee on Financial Services will defend the fund’s short selling practices and highlight the personal attacks he endured during January’s events

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Regulators promise to think about looking into tightening short selling rules

The US Treasury’s revived hedge fund working group will continue where it left off, says Jonah Crane, who led the group in 2016, after the pandemic focused minds from both sides of the political aisle on market stressors

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GameStop: Now the dust has settled, what comes next?

An SEC investigation, hearings in Congress, murmurs of new regulations and Wall Street rattled; not bad for a Roaring Kitty

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