Finance

Legislative Approaches to Housing Finance Reform

23 Jun 2016

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...

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DS PS

23 Jun 2016

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Comment Letter: Response to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's White Paper: Supporting Responsible Innovation in the Federal Banking System

26 Jun 2020

The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets provided written comments in response to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's white paper: "Supporting Responsible Innovation in the Federal Banking System." The comments pertain...

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Jackson Mueller

Formerly Milken Institute

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Millennials: Who They Are and Their Impact on the Financial Services Industry

26 Jun 2020

Remarks on Millennials and their impact on the financial service industry as prepared for delivery to the Millennial Financial Services Summit on April 20, 2016. A set of PowerPoint slides accompanies these remarks; it is available here.

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Innovative Finance to Address Africa’s Infrastructure Needs

12 May 2016

As of 2015, African state governments had financed infrastructure development on their balance sheets alone, resulting in slower progress constrained by budgetary restrictions. In many regions across the African continent, the poor state of...

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Caitlin MacLean

Senior Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute Finance

Caitlin MacLean is a senior director on the innovative finance team at the Milken Institute. She oversees the research, development, execution, and follow-up of our Financial Innovations Labs, which promote financial solutions to overcome economic and social challenges.

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The Last Crisis, the Next Crisis, and the Future of Large Banks

18 Feb 2016

The future of large banks depends on the effectiveness of the post-crisis regulatory system, which is ironic: the reaction of large banks to the 2010 Dodd-Frank law was broadly negative, even while many people working at large banks...

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Phillip Swagel

Formerly Milken Institute

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Innovative Finance to Address Nutrition in Southeast Asia

29 Jan 2016

While malnutrition is a global issue, it had become a particularly severe public health challenge across Southeast Asia by 2015 where there was an estimated $6B annual funding gap for viable solutions. The “dual burden” of malnutrition...

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(Re-)Creating a Market for Mortgage Credit Risk

28 Oct 2018

Remarks as prepared for delivery to the American Enterprise Institute’s Fourth Annual International Conference on Housing Risk

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Spare Tire? Stock Markets and Systemic Banking Crises

12 Oct 2015

Do stock markets act as a “spare tire” during banking crises by providing an alternative form of corporate financing when the banking system goes flat? In 1999, Alan Greenspan, then chairman of the Federal Reserve, argued that stock markets...

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Access to Capital: How Small and Mid-Size Businesses Are Funding Their Future

11 May 2015

Small and mid-size businesses are the backbone of the American economy, and access to capital is the fuel that lets them thrive. This unique survey, co-authored by the Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets and the National Center...

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Innovative Financing Models for Energy Infrastructure in Africa

1 May 2015

Angola, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Chad, Mozambique, and Rwanda. Large and small, politically and culturally diverse; these six countries were among the top 10 fastest-growing economies in the world over the period from 2000 to 2010. The economic...

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Caitlin MacLean

1 May 2015

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