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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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Clearing a Path for Global Development Finance: Enabling Basel and Development Guarantees to Deliver on Sustainable Development Goals
On August 2, 2017, the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets (CFM) convened a roundtable to
discuss how addressing global financial regulatory issues may foster greater G20 bank investments aligned to the U.N.
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Testimony: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee Housing and Insurance: “Sustainable Housing Finance, Part III”
Ted Tozer, Senior Fellow in the Housing Finance Program at the Milken Institute Center for Financia
l Markets, presents in his written testimony before the U.S.
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Comment Letter: Policy on No-Action Letters and the CFPB Product Sandbox
In this letter, we provide initial reactions and thoughts with regards to both the proposed policy
on No-Action Letters (NALs) and the Product Sandbox proposal, and propose several recommendations to further strengthen the proposal.
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Comment Letter to the OCC: Special Purpose National Bank Charters for FinTech Companies
The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets provided a response to the Office of th
e Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) upon request for comments regarding
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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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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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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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