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247.1 sec. 001 - Regulation of Capital Markets and Financial Institutions (Spring 2022)
Instructor: Mark D Perlow (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 2
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
W 6:25 PM - 8:15 PM
Location: Law 244
From January 12, 2022
To April 22, 2022
Course End: April 22, 2022
Class Number: 31907
This course is open to 1Ls.
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 16
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 24
As of: 07/19 11:58 AM
This course will address the institutional and regulatory framework of the US capital markets and the role that financial institutions, particularly investment banks, investment funds and derivatives dealers, perform in these markets. We will study the legal, political and regulatory structures that reinforce the prominence of capital markets in the US financial system. The course will provide an overview of the functions and regulation of banks, exchanges, over-the-counter markets, broker-dealers, institutional investors, mutual and hedge funds, retail investment advice, securitization, and futures and derivatives markets. We also will cover a series of case studies that illustrate the features and weaknesses of the US regulatory system, including the rise and fall (and rise again) of securitization, failures in investment banks and financial holdings companies, energy and credit derivatives, money market funds and hedge funds, fintech and the challenges presented by technology to investment products and their providers, as well as to equity and debt market structure. We will study the fragmented US regulatory system, including the division of regulatory responsibilities under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley and Dodd-Frank Acts, as well as the actions and varying (and often conflicting) policy purposes of the securities, derivatives and banking regulators and other legislative proposals and actions of Congress and the Treasury.
This course is intended to provide students with an overview of the US capital markets and financial system. It does not cover the same material or the same details as specific courses in corporate, securities, banking or Consumer Financial Regulation (749.1).
Exam Notes: (P) Final paper
Course Category: Business Law
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