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Press Releases | March 3, 2020
RELEASE: Should Scammers Get to Keep the Money They Steal? The U.S. Supreme Court is Hearing from the Parties this Morning
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Contact: 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Stephen W. Hall, Legal Director and Securities Specialist for Better Markets, issued the... Read More
Press Releases | March 2, 2020
Wall Street Biggest Banks Shamelessly Trying to Use Coronavirus to Get Federal Reserve to Weaken Rules
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, March 2, 2020 Contact: 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Dennis M. Kelleher, President and Chief Executive Officer of Better Markets, issued the... Read More
Press Releases | February 28, 2020
RELEASE: Better Markets’ Statement on Market Conditions and Correction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 28, 2020 Contact: 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Dennis M. Kelleher, President and Chief Executive Officer of Better Markets,... Read More
Press Releases | February 24, 2020
Ed Silverman, Former Senate Banking Committee Staff Director, Joins Better Markets as a Senior Fellow
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 24, 2020 Contact: 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Better Markets today announced that Ed Silverman, former staff director of the... Read More
Press Releases | February 21, 2020
RELEASE: Department of Justice and SEC Again Fail to Take Action Against Actual Criminals in Latest Wells Fargo Settlement that Just Punishes Shareholders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 21, 2020 Contact: 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Dennis M. Kelleher, President and Chief Executive Officer of Better Markets, issued the... Read More
Press Releases | February 20, 2020
RELEASE: CFTC Proposes to Gut the Real-time Public Trade Reporting Requirements, Plunging the Markets into Darkness but Giving Wall Street Dealers Flashlights
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 20, 2020 Contact: 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Dennis M. Kelleher, President and CEO of Better Markets, issued the following... Read More
Press Releases | February 18, 2020
Statement on Mike Bloomberg's Financial Reform Policy Released Today
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Contact:  Christopher Elliott, 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Dennis M. Kelleher, President and Chief Executive Officer... Read More
Press Releases | February 18, 2020
RELEASE: SEC's Actions on Market Data Promises to Help Investors and Strengthen Market Integrity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Contact:  Christopher Elliott, 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C. – Lev Bagramian, Senior Securities Policy Advisor of Better Markets,... Read More
Press Releases | February 18, 2020
RELEASE: CFTC Reportedly Killing Transparency in the Derivatives Markets by Increasing Trade Reporting Delays by More Than 19,000%, Hurting the Very Firms the Markets are Meant to Serve
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Contact:  Christopher Elliott, 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Joseph Cisewski, Senior Derivatives Consultant and Special... Read More
Press Releases | February 10, 2020
Trump's Budget In Fact Proposes Slashing the CFTC Budget by $57 Million or 20%, Taking the Derivatives Cops off the Beat as Wall Street's Biggest Banks Want
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 10, 2020 Contact: 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Dennis M. Kelleher, President and Chief Executive Officer of Better Markets, issued... Read More
Press Releases | February 4, 2020
The SEC's Latest Anti-Investor Proposals Regarding Proxy Firms and Proxy Access Will Further Entrench Conflicted Management
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 4, 2020 Contact: 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C. – Lev Bagramian, Senior Securities Policy Advisor of Better Markets, issued the following... Read More
Press Releases | February 4, 2020
Today's Action By Federal Reserve Against Senior Goldman Sachs Executive for Connection to 1MDB Crimes Should Be Just the Beginning
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 4, 2020 Contact: 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Dennis M. Kelleher, President and Chief Executive Officer of Better Markets, issued the... Read More
Press Releases | January 30, 2020
CFTC Proposal Fails to Stop Excessive Speculation in the Commodities Markets, Driving Up Main Street Prices for Cereal, Bread, Gas, Soda, Beer and Much More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 30, 2020 Contact: Press@bettermarkets.com, 202-618-6433 Washington, D.C.  –  Dennis M. Kelleher, Chief Executive Officer of Better Markets, issued the following... Read More
Press Releases | January 30, 2020
The Volcker Rule Loopholes Proposed Today Further Reopen the Gambling Casino at Wall Street's Biggest Banks by Allowing More Proprietary Trading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 30, 2020 Contact:  Press@bettermarkets.com, 202-618-6433 Washington, D.C.  –  Dennis M. Kelleher, Chief Executive Officer of Better Markets, issued the... Read More
Financial Reform Newsletter | January 29, 2020
What's Been Happening with Better Markets: Jan. 29, 2019
Lots going on in just the last few weeks: Our team has released 1 Report, filed 3 comment letters, 2 regulatory letters, 2 Court Briefs (1 in the Supreme Court), 1 Op Ed, and 5 fact sheets.    Highlights... Read More
Press Releases | January 28, 2020
Release | SPECIAL REPORT: Goldman Sachs’ Twenty-Year RAP Sheet of Repeated Illegal Conduct
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 28, 2020 Contact:  Press@bettermarkets.com 202-618-6433 $874 Billion in Bailouts, 36 Legal Actions,  $9.8 Billion in Fines and Settlements + 1MDB Fines Coming... Read More
Press Releases | January 23, 2020
Better Markets and Consumer Protection Organizations Defend Authority of the SEC to Seek Orders Forcing Scam Artists to Give Back What They Stole
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 23, 2020 Contact: 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Stephen W. Hall, Legal Director and Securities Specialist for Better Markets,... Read More
Press Releases | January 17, 2020
In Delivering a Speech That Could Have Been Written By Wall Street's Biggest Banks, the Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Fails to Mention 2008 Crash or the Fed's Widespread Supervisory Failures in Contributing to It
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 17, 2020 Contact:  Christopher Elliott, 202-618-6433 press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Dennis M. Kelleher, Chief Executive Officer of Better... Read More
Press Releases | January 16, 2020
Better Markets Statement on SEC Commissioner Rob Jackson's Departure
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 16, 2020 Contact:  Christopher Elliott, 202-618-6433 celliott@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Dennis M. Kelleher, Chief Executive Officer of Better... Read More
Press Releases | January 8, 2020
SEC's Market Structure Actions Today Maintains Unacceptable and Harmful Status Quo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 8, 2020 Contact:  Christopher Elliott, 202-618-6433, press@bettermarkets.com Washington, D.C.  –  Lev Bagramian, Senior Securities Policy Advisor, issued the... Read More

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