Would it really be such a bad idea for the CFTC to charge a user’s fee? That issue may wind up being a spinoff from a bill put forth late last month by the Wall Street lightning rod U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) with the support of Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.)…. Read More >>
Averting the Fiscal Cliff
The U.S. presidential candidates have successfully avoided the thorny issues conjured by the “fiscal cliff” facing Congress and the White House. However, U.S. Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) took on the issue at a panel discussion during SIFMA’s annual meeting this week in New York. The takeaway: an agreement is possible and… Read More >>