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After detailing the financial regulatory changes undertaken in the aftermath of the 2010 "flash crash," where equity markets collapsed with no provocation, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro discusses potential future changes to prevent such a crash from happening again.
Speaking to reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro says the STOCK Act, laying more prohibitions on stock trading by members of Congress, is a positive development for the country. Schapiro also explains how social media has become a complicating factor in insider trading investigations.
Speaking to reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro lays out her main concerns about the global financial system -- namely, weaknesses to money market funds and underlying structural problems with equity markets.
Speaking to reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro explains why there is so much oversight and trading enforcement of the same big financial firms. "People have short memories," says Schapiro, "and that's why we have to continue to bring cases."