Ted Tozer, Senior Fellow in the Housing Finance Program at the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets, presents in his written testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee Housing...

On August 2, 2017, the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets (CFM) convened a roundtable to discuss how addressing global financial regulatory issues may foster greater G20 bank investments aligned to the U.N. Sustainable...

The Milken Institute and the US Small Business Administration formed an initiative to develop actionable solutions to the challenges limiting minority-owned small businesses’ access to capital. The Partnership for Lending in Underserved...

Demands for provisions to stop currency manipulation by foreign governments have become central to the congressional debate over proposed trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transatlantic Trade and Investment...

Ed DeMarco considers the recent evolution of the home appraisal industry and its role in a future housing finance system that relies on private capital. He explores the issues facing the industry, including content, standards, and...

The collapse of the housing finance system played a pivotal role in the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession. Seven years later, fundamental problems with the system—especially the roles of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—remain...

The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets (CFM) provided written comments to the Department of the Treasury regarding expanding access to credit through online marketplace lending. In its September 28, 2015 letter, CFM made a series...

When a borrower receives a so-called “payday loan,” he or she writes a check that is postdated to the next payday or signs over permission for the lender to make an electronic withdrawal of the amount borrowed, plus fees, on that day...

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2019 – Reforms are needed to bring transparency and accountability to proxy advisory firms, whose advice to institutional investors influence the outcome of shareholder votes on matters like executive pay, acquisitions...

Despite the House Financial Services Committee's passage of a bill to convert the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's leadership structure from a single director to a commission, Democrats have largely opposed the bill. Industry...