Finance
Free and efficient financial markets are essential to a diverse and growing economy. They allow businesses to succeed and individuals to build financial security. To support that system, we need smart regulation that ensures access to capital and credit, enables companies to go public, incentivizes innovation, and provides choice and access for investors while protecting consumers.
Main Street Lending
Federal regulators are getting ready to implement new rules for banks. The result could be less credit and slower growth for American business.
ESG / Corporate Governance
If a change in public company audit standards is adopted, it would turn public company audits into wide-ranging investigations. And the cost to investors and public companies would be sky high.
ESG / Corporate Governance
A fragmented approach to mandatory disclosure requirements risks damaging U.S. capital markets and weakening our economy’s competitiveness.
Further reading
- How Bank Mergers Promote CompetitionBank mergers help drive innovation and access to products and services for consumers. But proposed legislation could stifle deals at a time when new technologies and entrants are creating more competition than ever before.Learn More
- Main Street Business United Against Burdensome Bank RulesTo protect hometown businesses, more than 100 local chambers of commerce across America urge Biden Administration to scrap the “Basel III Endgame” banking rules.Learn More
- 3 Things You Need to Know About Stock BuybacksWith the potential for new legislative developments, now is a good time to take a closer look at stock buybacks: what they are, what they do, what motivates a company to make investment decisions, and who benefits when companies buy back their stock.Learn More
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) today released a new study detailing how stock buybacks benefit investors, reduce volatility, and promote efficient capital allocation.