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Ask The Professor: Who Has, Or Who Should Have, Jurisdiction Over Cds Clearing?, Ronald Filler Jan 2009

Ask The Professor: Who Has, Or Who Should Have, Jurisdiction Over Cds Clearing?, Ronald Filler

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Talking The Talk, Or Walking The Walk? Outcome-Based Regulation Of Transnational Investment, Jerry Ellig, Houman B. Shadab Jan 2009

Talking The Talk, Or Walking The Walk? Outcome-Based Regulation Of Transnational Investment, Jerry Ellig, Houman B. Shadab

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Today, individual U.S. retail investors have virtually limitless opportunities to invest their money, with a notable exception: they cannot directly invest in securities of foreign issuers and still be protected under U.S. law. This missing opportunity deprives U.S. investors of the ability to fully diversify their investments and also imposes undue costs and risks upon investors seeking to invest directly overseas. This Article shows that a Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") policy of "mutual recognition" of foreign regulatory regimes that achieve investor protection outcomes comparable to those of the SEC would solve this problem. A foreign issuer or other entity …