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Bringing Housing Finance Reform over the Finish Line

22 Jan 2018

The housing finance reform debate has regained momentum, as those involved aim to move towards bipartisan housing finance system legislation in 2018. While different approaches have evolved from the discourse about potential reforms of the...

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Eric Kaplan, Michael A. Stegman, Phillip Swagel, and Theodore W. Tozer

22 Jan 2018

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Beyond Unintended Consequences: Changes to Foreign Branch Behavior Illustrate Overlooked System-Wide Regulatory Effects

3 Nov 2017

The interaction of unconventional U.S. monetary policy by the Fed and regulatory changes by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) changed the way foreign banks do business in the U...

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Jonathon Adams-Kane and Jakob Wilhelmus

3 Nov 2017

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Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education Join Forces With Milken Institute to Announce Drug Prevention Call To Action At 2017 Future of Health Summit

25 Oct 2017

(Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, October 24, 2017) To combat America’s rapidly growing opioid and heroin epidemic, the Milken Institute’s Lynda and Stewart Resnick Center for Public Health is joining forces with the United States Drug...

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Promoting Participation in SME Boards Through Tax Incentives: A Global Overview

4 Aug 2017

Over the last two decades, a large number of stock exchanges have established dedicated market segments for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This trend accelerated during the global financial crisis; as banks tightened credit...

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John Schellhase

Director, Environmental and Social Innovation team, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy

John Schellhase is a director on the Environmental and Social Innovation team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy, where his work focuses on social impact philanthropy. As part of his work, Schellhase contributes to and manages projects related to strengthening corporate philanthropy and operating innovation competitions to advance the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Regulation Almost Destroyed Money Market Funds, But Cash Management Needs Kept Them Alive

17 Jul 2017

Extensive regulatory overhaul in October 2016 changed the money market fund (MMF) industry considerably, especially for institutional clients. Nonetheless, MMFs continue to be an important cash management tool for institutions even though...

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Creating Pathways to Sustainable Homeownership That Builds and Retains Wealth

31 Aug 2020

The challenges of achieving homeownership, particularly for lower- and moderate-income families, remain a perennial issue in housing policy. Yet our public policy discussions of these matters seem old and tired, especially in light of the...

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Affordable Rent and Access to Homeownership: Refreshing the Debate in the Context of Housing Finance Reform

3 Sep 2020

The continuing policy debate over restructuring the plumbing of the secondary mortgage market may ultimately prove to be the easy part—at least politically—of housing finance reform. The past eight years of proposals and counterproposals...

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Comment Letter

Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques in the Credit Process

19 May 2017

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...

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The Asset Management Industry, Systemic Risk, and Macroprudential Policy

25 Apr 2017

In the aftermath of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, new legislation and regulations have pressured banks and insurance companies to reduce their size, leverage, and riskier lines of business in order to avoid another too-big-to-fail debacle...

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Comment Letter to the OCC: Licensing Manual Draft Supplement on Evaluating Charter Applications from FinTech Companies

10 Apr 2017

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...

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