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Testimony
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Congressional Testimony | Posting date | | | | 10.29.2009 |  | MFA President and CEO, Richard H. Baker, testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services hearing, “Systemic Regulation, Prudential Matters, Resolution Authority and Securitization.”Click here to read MFA’s testimony. Click here to read MFA's press release. | | 10.7.2009 | | MFA General Counsel, Stuart J. Kaswell, testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services hearing entitled, “Reform of the Over-the-Counter Derivatives Market: Limiting Risk and Ensuring Fairness”. Click here to read the testimony. Click here to read MFA’s new release. | | 10.6.2009 | | MFA General Counsel, Stuart J. Kaswell, testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, at a hearing entitled, “Capital Markets Regulatory Reform: Strengthening Investor Protection, Enhancing Oversight of Private Pools of Capital, and Creating a National Insurance Office.” Click here to read the testimony. Click here to read MFA’s news release. | | 7.17.2009 | | MFA President and CEO, Richard H. Baker, testifies before the House Financial Services Committee hearing, ”Industry Perspectives on the Obama Administration’s Financial Regulatory Reform Proposals.“ Click here to read the testimony. Click here to read MFA’s news release. | | 7.15.2009 | | MFA member, Mr. Dinakar Singh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TPG-Axon Capital Management, LP, testifies before the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment hearing, ”Regulating Hedge Funds and Other Private Investment Pools.” Click here to read the testimony. | | 5.7.2009 | | MFA President and CEO, Richard H. Baker testifies at the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises hearing, “Perspectives on Hedge Fund Registration.” Click here to read MFA’s testimony. | | 3.26.2009 | | MFA President & CEO Richard H. Baker, testified this afternoon before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing, “Enhancing Investor Protection and the Regulation of Securities Markets – Part II.” To read his testimony, please click here. Please click here to read the testimony of the other witnesses at the hearing. |
Regulatory Testimony | Posting date | | | | 11.25.2009 | | MFA submitted a letter to Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the Committee on Ways and Means providing comments on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 (H.R. 3933). In the letter, MFA makes recommendations regarding new tax compliance measures in the bill that would adversely impact private investment funds if they are not given adequate time for implementation. | | 11.5.2009 | | MFA submitted a written statement in connection with the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures’ hearing, "Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Tax Compliance" held on November 5, 2009. In the written statement, MFA expressed its strong support for the efforts in Congress and the Obama administration to provide regulators with the authority needed to detect and prevent tax evasion and non- compliance with U.S. tax laws by U.S. persons holding investment assets in offshore accounts, which includes the recently introduced "Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009" (H.R. 3933). MFA also recommended that Congress should further examine and amend certain measures in the legislative proposals in order to avoid unintended and detrimental consequences to U.S.-based hedge fund managers. | | 9.3.2009 | | MFA Appears Before CFTC and SEC Joint Meeting on Harmonization of Regulation. Click here to read MFA’s statement. Click here to read MFA’s news release. |
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Industry Pulse
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