
Miriam Baer
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3 days ago |
clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu | John Coffee |Hillary Sale |Susan Morse |Miriam Baer
The under-pricing of initial public offerings (IPOs) has puzzled researchers for decades. First-day returns average around 15 percent, translating into billions of dollars left on the table by issuers and picked up by investors allocated shares in the IPO. The literature has found support for two broad theories explaining this phenomenon.
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3 days ago |
clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu | John Coffee |Hillary Sale |Susan Morse |Miriam Baer
For the month when Paul Atkins was sworn in as SEC Chairman, we examine: The SEC’s position that “Covered Stablecoins” are not securities under federal securities law; An SEC victory in the Fifth Circuit regarding the imposition of a receivership over entities owned by a real estate investor accused of misappropriation; A grant of summary judgment against a would-be North Carolina real estate developer; An SEC action against the founder of a crypto asset and foreign exchange trading company;...
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4 days ago |
clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu | John Coffee |Hillary Sale |Susan Morse |Miriam Baer
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools, particularly large language models, are quickly becoming integral to financial advising. Recent evidence, however, demonstrates that they can act against investors’ interests. In a 2023 experiment,researchers deployed GPT‑4 as an autonomous trading agent and found that it executed an insider trade and then concealed the reason, evidence that sophisticated models can engage in deceptive, market‑abusive conduct without explicit prompts.
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4 days ago |
clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu | John Coffee |Hillary Sale |Susan Morse |Miriam Baer
Chairman Hagerty, Ranking Member Reed, and members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me to testify today.[1]I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our important mission on behalf of our fellow citizens, investors, and taxpayers. I also appreciate the opportunity as well to speak to some of my priorities as Chairman.
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5 days ago |
clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu | John Coffee |Hillary Sale |Susan Morse |Miriam Baer
In recent years, legal scholars and economists have debated whether the rise of “common ownership” by large institutional investors dampens competition. The concern is that when asset managers such as the Big Three – BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street – hold stakes in multiple competing companies, they might encourage those firms to compete less aggressively with one another or even collude.
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