Regulation
Republicans Believe In Shareholder Democracy About As Much As Actual Democracy
Which is to say, as long as it aligns with their own interests.
Labor Department To Reiterate Its Feelings About Bitcoin In 401(k)s To Fidelity, Presumably Speaking Slowly And Deliberately As If To A Child
You know, just to make sure the brokerage giant really hears it this time.
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Miami Bitcoin Faithful Feeling Better Than Miami Crypto Investors
No news is good news and oh look here’s Mark Zuckerberg again to ruin everything.
Gary Gensler Comes Not To Mourn SPACs But To Bury Them
The SEC comes for the ailing sector with a coup-de-grace.
Maybe Serving As Payment Agent For Sovereign Debt Is Another Business Citi Should Get Out Of
At least when it comes to rogue states and uniquely recalcitrant debtors.
SEC Making Some Seriously Ominous Noises About Auditor Independence
If the Big Four didn’t like giving up their Russian affiliates, imagine how they’ll feel about having to give up the consulting businesses.
President Biden Direct Regulators To Really Seriously Think About This Bit-Thingies
Grandpa Joe’s not quite sure what to do with these newfangled doohickies. But hedge funds are.
Carl Icahn Sure Does Miss The Days When Presidents, SEC Chairs Were More Inclined To Listen To Carl Icahn
Unsurprisingly, Gary Gensler’s idea of sensible securities regulation does not align with Uncle Carl’s.
Elon Musks Asks Judge To Let Him Ignore SEC Settlement That He’s Been Ignoring Anyway
Any other outcome would amount to intolerable persecution of a billionaire.
Charlie Munger’s Proudest Achievements Are Avoiding The Clap And Cryptocurrencies
They’re essentially one and the same to the Berkshire Hathaway number two.
Somebody Give Gary Gensler A Drug Test
No one can regulate this hard, this fast without chemical assistance.
Lawmakers Urge SEC To Propose Mandatory Cybersecurity Reporting Rules
"America’s economic prosperity is linked to strong cybersecurity defenses in the private sector," the letter says.
SEC To Reduce The Number Of Things Private Equity Firms Can Lie About
And also, you know, try to reduce the number of times they lie in other respects.
The Great Cryptocurrent Definitional Debate Comes To The Courthouse
Ripple is manifestly not a currency. But is it a security or a commodity or something else entirely?
Investors Might As Well Not Even Read The Stuff Private Equity Funds Send Them
Lies, damned lies and p.e. disclosures.
Activist Investing Basically Insider Trading, Sayeth Gary Gensler
He’s got a lot of plans for the hedge fund industry, and it’s not going to like them.
DeFi-ing The Law
Just because you’re decentralized doesn’t mean you can run a lottery in this town.
The EU Doesn’t Care About Where You’re Financing Environmental Destruction From, It Still Wants To Know About
It also doesn’t care how big a pain-in-the-ass that might be for hedge funds.
No One Knows What The Hell Is Going On
Davos? No. Holiday parties? Maybe. Vaccine mandates? It’s up to Neil Gorsuch.
Trump SPAC Player Confirms It Broke All The Rules, Wants His Money Anyway
In another world, Donald Trump would not be able to help admiring Brian Shevland, quite frankly.
Bill Ackman’s SPARC Not Exactly Lighting A Fire Under SEC
In fact, they think maybe he should just throw the whole idea on the fire.