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Senate Bill’s Stealth FIFO Capital Gains Hike Hinders Tax Reform

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Senate Bill’s Stealth FIFO Capital Gains Hike Hinders Tax Reform

  • By: John Berlau
  • 11/29/2017

It’s crunch time on tax reform! The House passed a bill just before Thanksgiving. Now it’s the Senate’s turn. A good tax reform bill would…

Banking and Finance

Acting CFPB Director Mulvaney’s Bipartisan FinTech Work

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Acting CFPB Director Mulvaney’s Bipartisan FinTech Work

  • By: John Berlau
  • 11/27/2017

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney has long broken bread with folks he disagrees with to find common ground on policy.

Banking and Finance

Good Riddance to Finance Regulator Richard Cordray

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Good Riddance to Finance Regulator Richard Cordray

  • By: John Berlau
  • 11/16/2017

The resignation of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray is long overdue.

Banking and Finance

Property Rights of Fannie and Freddie Shareholders—Including Small Investors—Must Be Respected

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Property Rights of Fannie and Freddie Shareholders—Including Small Investors—Must Be Respected

  • By: John Berlau
  • 11/08/2017

Private investors should never be guaranteed any type of government bailout. At the same time, they should not have their property and contract rights violated.

Banking and Finance

Fat-Cat Attorneys’ Bogus Arguments on Arbitration Rule

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Fat-Cat Attorneys’ Bogus Arguments on Arbitration Rule

  • By: John Berlau
  • 09/27/2017

Fat cat class-action attorneys and their apologists are getting desperate.

Banking and Finance

Yes, Federal Arbitration Rule Will Harm ‘Little Guys’

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Yes, Federal Arbitration Rule Will Harm ‘Little Guys’

  • By: John Berlau
  • 08/22/2017

The Senate to follow the House’s lead and pass a Congressional Review Act resolution to block the Arbitration Rule.

Banking and Finance

Rethinking the Securities and Exchange Commission

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Rethinking the Securities and Exchange Commission

  • By: John Berlau
  • 08/17/2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission be abolished and its authority to punish securities fraud be transferred to the Federal Trade Commission.

Banking and Finance

Financial Regulators Should End ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Status

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Financial Regulators Should End ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Status

  • By: John Berlau
  • 07/27/2017

In the name of financial stability, federal regulators should at the very least hit the much-need pause button on the SIFI designation process.

Banking and Finance

Consumers Win as House Votes to Overturn Credit Card Arbitration Ban

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Consumers Win as House Votes to Overturn Credit Card Arbitration Ban

  • By: John Berlau
  • 07/26/2017

The Senate must follow the House in passing this resolution of disapproval and in passing the Financial CHOICE Act to bring constitutional accountability to the…

Banking and Finance

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CHOICE Act Helps Sharing Economy and FinTech, but a Senate Bill May Harm It

  • By: John Berlau
  • 06/23/2017

Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act along partisan lines with all Democrats present voting against it and all…

Banking and Finance

Financial Choice Act Advances National Small Business Week

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Financial Choice Act Advances National Small Business Week

  • By: John Berlau
  • 05/04/2017

As National Small Business Week is unfolding, the House Financial Services Committee is now marking up a bill to lend small businesses a helping hand.

Banking and Finance

Help Stop Obamacare for Your IRA and 401(k)

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Help Stop Obamacare for Your IRA and 401(k)

  • By: John Berlau
  • 03/15/2017

While Congress is battling over repeal of Obamacare, President Donald Trump is setting a course to repeal a regulation that the Obama administration pushed through…

Banking and Finance

Mnuchin Must Bring Transparency to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

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Mnuchin Must Bring Transparency to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

  • By: John Berlau
  • 02/20/2017

Recently-confirmed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin must do everything he can to reverse the extreme secrecy practiced by the Obama Treasury Department.

Banking and Finance

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Tries to Silence Fiduciary Rule Critics

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Tries to Silence Fiduciary Rule Critics

  • By: John Berlau
  • 02/09/2017

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has frequently resorted to intimidation to effectively silence those with views which she disagrees. This is particularly true for critics of the…

Banking and Finance

Smart Move for White House to Push Back on Fiduciary Rule, Dodd-Frank

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Smart Move for White House to Push Back on Fiduciary Rule, Dodd-Frank

  • By: John Berlau
  • 02/03/2017

President Trump’s forthcoming executive actions—expected to halt the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule and call for review of Dodd-Frank regulations—will greatly benefit middle-class investors, entrepreneurs,…

Banking and Finance

Congress Should Eliminate SEC Rule that Discloses Company Information to Foreign Governments

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Congress Should Eliminate SEC Rule that Discloses Company Information to Foreign Governments

  • By: John Berlau
  • 01/31/2017

Congress should pass a joint resolution of disapproval and block the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rule relating to ‘‘Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers.”…

Banking and Finance

Coalition Defends Reform of Credit Union Lending Rules

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Coalition Defends Reform of Credit Union Lending Rules

  • By: John Berlau
  • 01/17/2017

A dozen conservative and free-market groups have signed onto a coalition letter to preserve deregulation of credit union lending.

Banking and Finance

Clayton Must Work for Both Small and Large Investors at SEC

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Clayton Must Work for Both Small and Large Investors at SEC

  • By: John Berlau
  • 01/04/2017

Jay Clayton, and anyone who goes on to serve on the Commission, must advance the interests of both Main Street investors and entrepreneurs trying to…

Banking and Finance

Treasury Nominee Mnuchin Promising on Volcker Rule and Fannie and Freddie

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Treasury Nominee Mnuchin Promising on Volcker Rule and Fannie and Freddie

  • By: John Berlau
  • 12/01/2016

Steven Mnuchin would bring to the Treasury Department valuable experience managing entrepreneurial ventures and company turnarounds. He has expressed some encouraging sentiments on housing policy…

Banking and Finance

New Credit Union Deregulation Helps Consumers and Entrepreneurs

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New Credit Union Deregulation Helps Consumers and Entrepreneurs

  • By: John Berlau
  • 11/01/2016

In my Forbes column last week, I wrote about how America’s credit unions faced massive new regulatory burdens from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Banking and Finance

How Financial CHOICE Act Rescues Unbanked Americans

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How Financial CHOICE Act Rescues Unbanked Americans

  • By: John Berlau
  • 09/14/2016

If the New York State Department of Labor is really concerned about unbanked employees being hit with fees, it should lend its support to the…

Banking and Finance

‘Crexit’ Votes Will Help U.S. Entrepreneurs and Investors

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‘Crexit’ Votes Will Help U.S. Entrepreneurs and Investors

  • By: John Berlau
  • 07/05/2016

In yet another blow against the Brexit chicken littles, not only have the large British companies comprising the FTSE 100 gained back all the losses…

Banking and Finance

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Investors Got into Fiduciary Rule Conversation Months before John Oliver Joined in

  • By: John Berlau
  • 06/30/2016

“Fiduciary Rule Goes Prime Time,” reads the headline of a recent cover story of the magazine Investment News. The story argues that after political comic…

Banking and Finance

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CEI Support for Rep. McHenry’s “Fix Crowdfunding Act”

  • By: John Berlau
  • 06/15/2016

Today, the House Financial Services Committee will likely be voting on Rep. Patrick McHenry’s Fix Crowdfunding Act, a much-needed expansion of the bipartisan Jumpstart Our…

Banking and Finance

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Crowdfunding Rules: Four Years Late and Millions Short

  • By: John Berlau
  • 05/16/2016

Today, Monday, May 16, more than four years and one month after Congress passed and President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act…

Banking and Finance

CEI Supports Vote to Block Labor Department’s Fiduciary Rule

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CEI Supports Vote to Block Labor Department’s Fiduciary Rule

  • By: John Berlau
  • 04/28/2016

Today, Congress has the opportunity to block the costly "Fiduciary Rule."…

Banking and Finance

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Who Died and Made Dodd-Frank Regulators Gods?

  • By: John Berlau
  • 04/13/2016

Meet the new deities. They apparently sit on the Financial Stability Oversight Council and other regulatory agencies, especially those created by the Dodd-Frank banking “reform”…

Banking and Finance

Final Fiduciary Rule: Dave Ramsey May Get Relief, But the Rest of Us Don’t

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Final Fiduciary Rule: Dave Ramsey May Get Relief, But the Rest of Us Don’t

  • By: John Berlau
  • 04/06/2016

While the final rule may have been less severe, it still won’t keep middle-class savers from losing access to brokers and insurance agents.

Banking and Finance

Obama Unveils Fiduciary Rule this Week, Putting Middle Class Investors in a Bind

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Obama Unveils Fiduciary Rule this Week, Putting Middle Class Investors in a Bind

  • By: John Berlau
  • 04/04/2016

Today, the Labor Department plans to unveil new regulatory restrictions on 401(k)s and IRAs. That means less access to financial advice and fewer options for…

Banking and Finance

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Berlau at SXSW: Let’s Cut Red Tape Strangling Uberization of Finance

  • By: John Berlau
  • 03/18/2016

AUSTIN, TX—President Obama traveled here to the ongoing South by Southwest festival from Washington, D.C., and so did I. In his March 11 presentation, he …

Banking and Finance

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