Submitted electronically Monica Jackson Office of the Executive Secretary Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20552 Dear Ms. Monica Jackson, The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets would like to...

The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets provided a response to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) Licensing Manual Draft Supplement on Evaluating Charter Applications from FinTech Companies. While we are...

Regulation has a vital role in any financial system—and changes to U.S. financial regulation were clearly needed in the wake of the financial crisis. However, in a constantly evolving economy, discussion over the proper calibration of...

For centuries migrant workers who send money home to their families have been a major source of inflows for developing countries. However, it is only in the past few decades that we have been able to put a number to these remittances. In...

Submitted electronically Thomas J. Curry Comptroller of the Currency Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 400 7th Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20219 Dear Comptroller Curry, The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets would like to...

SBA and Milken Institute Launch Initiative to Improve Access to Capital for Underserved Communities in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES — Today the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Milken Institute jointly launched the Los Angeles...

Submitted electronically Rae-Ann Miller Associate Director Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 550 17th St., N.W. Washington, DC 20429-9990 Dear Ms. Miller, The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets would like to thank you for the...

There is a simple and sensible way to finally achieve comprehensive housing finance reform in the U.S.. The approach proposed in this paper is to amend the charters of Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Finance...

Eight years after the mortgage meltdown, America’s housing system remains broken, serving neither taxpayers nor homeowners properly. Ed DeMarco and Michael Bright have released the first in a four-part series of papers designed to help...

By the standards of the contemporary American political system, proposals to reform the U.S. housing finance system moved relatively far through the legislative process in 2013 and 2014, with different bills receiving positive votes in...