Their own studies show the main drivers of default are loan devalue, borrower credit score. Everything else is literally a rounding error. And so of course, the final doddfrank rules essentially abandon the things that actually drive default. And endless servicing requirements, again making it near impossible to foreclose. My opinion is the rule increased foreclosures last time around rather than decrease them. And the harder it is and the mission has nothing to do with financial stability. The mission is to use the the regulatory system to force prudent borrows to subsidize imprudent. We all knew the crisis was quite costly. It also will provide a cover for massive expansion and government powers. One minute. Im not even go i think to need that. So i would say and would say avoid financial cryises. I think a repeal is not enough. The presystem was broken. It was flawed. And to me one of the real flaws of doddfrank is it extends the precrisis system. The theme of doddfrank is, lets exp
Minerals for firms not only firms getting the actual hard commodities there, but also for firms well down the supply chain, who have no idea where the aluminum in the electronic parts came from. So i think its telling when a liberal law ultimately convinces the Washington Post Editorial Board that it was a bad idea, which they have come out against conflict minerals. Its time to revisit the motion all together of including immaterial disclosures in security laws. Both by legislative fiat and by the sccs own power. And republican and democratic chairmen have both been guilty of this. I think it should be a binding constraint on any rule making. And business round table stands for the proposition. How is a mandatory immaterial disclosure going to provide benefit to investors . None. By definition fails cost benefit analysis. We have ways to measure immateriality. Methodology that has gotten great in the last ten years. I think it should be a binding constraint, the same way for litigants
Other sister agency. Its a meritorious move. You said is, quote, good people operating in a flawed system. Would you explain that . Sure. There is a misalignment between the incentives that a person giving advice has and the best interest of the consumer. So, for instance, again, getting back to the tofels, if you have four or five different products under the current suitability rule that are suitable and product the first product, the variable annuity generates 26,000 a year in fees and another product, which would have a comparable return has a fraction of those fees, you have per verse incentive to steer them to the product that generates the most fees. And again, that is totally permissible so im not casting aspersions on the person that does it. Im saying thats not right. And we can device a system and i underscore what i said in my testimony, theres a substantial number of people, including one of the witnesses who will come up on the next panel, that operate under a fiduciary m
Can you hear me . Can you hear me in the back okay . Good morning, im tom perez. Its an honor to be here. I see a bunch of serial activists in the audience so i know im in the right place. So thank you again to our members of congress who are here. Thank you to our other leaders who are here. This has been a great morning, and you heard from the boss here. And hes all in. And this is a joint venture. We have a great panel here. So i want to keep moving. You know, when i heard the president say there was a lot of focus on what i call the two ps, promoting access in the retirement space, and the president has been taking action on that. Hes directed us to take more action to facilitate that. The Treasury Department has already taken action on that. And the my ra space kl is diana grady here, by the way . Oh, youre in the way back. Wow. You got the uecker seat there. Okay. Diana is a Small Business owner who encouraged her employees to participate to help strengthen their retirement secur
Reform plan will further spur growth forecast for the e commerce giant and shares of ge on the move jp morgan report seize a dividend cut as increasingly likely the Company Tells us it remains a top priority historic run in the markets includes the 47th record close of the year. Weve got black rocks larry fink talking about risks in the market earlier this morning on squawk. Lets be clear, the United States deserves a premium. Our companies are stronger they are better managed over across Many Industries so i actually believe the u. S. Deserves a premium to the other markets. Not just that, jim, says he wouldnt expect to see any major reversal in equities until sometime next year. I love the guy, what can i say . Every time i talk to him and see him, he has a sense of whats going on there are moments when hes pessimistic and not like hes permable, i like what he had to say and liked his quarter. I wrote a piece this morning for real money saying its events that i cant see and north kor