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In the aftermath of the acute phase of the Great Financial Crisis, the Obama Administration trotted out the bank lobbyist written Dodd-Frank Act. Not surprisingly,...

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Are Investors Lazy?

07 Jul 2021

Richard

Asset Manager Disclosure Two-Step, Investment Managers

The most frequent argument against requiring issuers to provide more disclosure is “investors are lazy and don’t use the information that is disclosed.” Really? Is...

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Economists, Lawyers and the Myth Investors Confused by Too Much Disclosure

05 Jul 2021

Richard

Confident Idiots, Opacity Protection Team, PhD Economist Derp, Trust, but Verify

Since the beginning of the Great Financial Crisis, I have talked to hundreds of economists and lawyers who believe the myth too much disclosure confuses...

Economists and Opacity

04 Jul 2021

Richard

Confident Idiots, Opacity Protection Team, Opaque Securities, PhD Economist Derp

Since the beginning of the Great Financial Crisis, I have met too many PhD Economists to count who accept the idea opacity in the financial...

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Information Matrix updated

15 Jun 2021

Richard

Information Matrix

Since the Information Matrix was first introduced during the acute phase of the Great Financial Crisis, I have received a lot of feedback about the...

BlackRock’s Fink Calls for Greater Disclosure

26 Jan 2021

Richard

Transparency Label Initiative

In yet another appeal, BlackRock’s Larry Fink called for companies to provide greater climate change related disclosure. Without partnering with the Transparency Label Initiative, there...

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The Myth of the Tough Financial Regulator

18 Jan 2021

Richard

Regulation and Regulators

There is a myth being pushed by the business media that any living regulator was ever tough on Wall Street. It simply didn’t occur. The...

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Lies and Democracy

07 Jan 2021

Richard

Central Banking, Committee to Save the Banks, Transparency, Trust, but Verify

Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously quipped “you are entitled to your opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts”. Unfortunately, since 2008, neither...

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Institute for Financial Transparency

Trump and the Opportunity to Fix the US Financial System

Are Investors Lazy?

Economists, Lawyers and the Myth Investors Confused by Too Much Disclosure

Economists and Opacity

Information Matrix updated

BlackRock’s Fink Calls for Greater Disclosure

The Myth of the Tough Financial Regulator

Lies and Democracy

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