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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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The Rise of FinTech in the Middle East: An Analysis of the Emergence of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates
FinTech regulatory regimes started emerging in the Gulf region in 2017.
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Turbocharging Opportunity Zones
Portions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 were designed to spur investment — and thus prosperity
— in distressed communities by providing incentives to unlock nearly $6 trillion in unrealized capital gains held by investors.
The mechanism
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FinTech in Focus—September 30, 2019
In this issue:
The Future of Banking »
FinTech Headlines »
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Opportunity Zone workshop series opens in Mississippi
Regional programs will help local officials attract investment to spur economic development
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Internal Revenue Service Request for Comment Regarding the Opportunity Zone Proposed Regulations
Dear Mr. Dinwiddie:
The Milken Institute (the Institute)1 appreciates the opportunity to comm
ent on the Internal Revenue Service’s request for comment regarding the proposed Opportunity Zones regulations.2
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Milken Institute Responds to Federal Housing Finance Reform Plans
Housing finance program director Eric Kaplan says "The ramifications of these plans ... cannot be ov
erstated."
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