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Dan Carol
Dan Carol is a senior director in the Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets and leads I
nstitute programming on climate-resilient infrastructure and public finance.
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Rethinking Appraisals in a Modernized Housing Finance System
Ed DeMarco considers the recent evolution of the home appraisal industry and its role in a future h
ousing finance system that relies on private capital. He explores the issues facing the industry, including content, standards, and regulation.
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Currency Manipulation Provisions Do Not Belong in Trade Agreements
Demands for provisions to stop currency manipulation by foreign governments have become central to
the congressional debate over proposed trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, under
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Proxy Advisory Firms, Governance, Market Failure, and Regulation
Proxy advisory firms have arisen due to market failures underlying voting and the broader system of
corporate governance. However, proxy advisory firms, which are not subject to mandatory regulation, reflect market failures of their own.
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Wisdom in the Workforce: Unlocking the Economic Value of Asia’s Aging Population
Older populations are growing rapidly in a number of Asian countries. As working people reach age m
ilestones and exit the labor force, questions arise: How will the traditional retirement years be financed?
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Payday Lending: Does Regulation Depend on Which Party Holds Power?
When a borrower receives a so-called “payday loan,” he or she writes a check that is postdated to t
he next payday or signs over permission for the lender to make an electronic withdrawal of the amount borrowed, plus fees, on that day.
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Comments_on_the_Department_of_the_Treasury_TREAS_Notice.pdf
The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets (CFM) provided written comments to the Department
of the Treasury regarding expanding access to credit through online marketplace lending.
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What We Can Learn About Aging From Little Singapore
When it achieved independence 50 years ago, Singapore was an unexceptional place, other than for its
challenges.
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FinTech in Focus - June 19, 2019
In this issue:
Industry Headlines »
Global Developments »
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Milken Institute report calls for oversight of proxy advisory firms
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2019 – Reforms are needed to bring transparency and accountability to proxy adv
isory firms, whose advice to institutional investors influence the outcome of shareholder votes on matters like executive pay, acquisitions, and board ap
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Age-Forward 2030
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The Right Road For A Better Future Of Aging
It's become common knowledge that populations are rapidly aging across the world.