BlackRock Public Policy
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Financial regulatory reform fundamentally impacts asset managers and investors. As a fiduciary for our clients, BlackRock supports the creation of a regulatory regime that increases transparency, protects investors, and facilitates responsible growth of capital markets, while preserving consumer choice and assessing benefits versus implementation costs.
Restoring Investor Confidence
December 2011
Much has happened over the past decade to reshape the economic landscape. The greater sophistication and more complex structure of financial markets, rapid technological developments, and the increase in third-party intermediated distribution models have enhanced the opportunities available to investors. In this ViewPoint, we look at how to rebuild investor confidence in the light of European proposals to update consumer regulation of financial services. We consider how to preserve investor choice and make specific recommendations to improve the regulation of product providers and distributors.
ETFs: A Call for Greater Transparency and Consistent Regulation
October 2011
In this ViewPoint, we provide background on the history and structure of ETFs, summarize recent concerns that have been raised by regulators, and recommend reforms that would improve the marketplace for ETFs. We explicitly support uniform standards on labeling, transparency, disclosure, and reporting that would reduce systemic risk, improve investor protection, and help ensure that investors understand precisely the risks and attributes of the products that they are purchasing.
Money Market Funds: Potential Capital Solutions
August 2011
Proposals related to further structural reform of money market funds remain highly topical today. In this ViewPoint, we review the objectives and constraints surrounding additional reform, focusing specifically on capital solutions. As change is considered, care must be taken to ensure that the reforms, both individually and collectively, achieve the objective of protecting investors without inadvertently destabilizing financial markets.
These materials are part of a series of BlackRock public policy materials, published under the ViewPoints heading and is not intended to be relied upon as a forecast, research or investment advice, and is not a recommendation, offer or solicitation to buy or sell any securities or to adopt any investment strategy. The opinions expressed are as of the dates specified in the materials posted and may change as subsequent conditions vary. The information and opinions contained in these materials are derived from proprietary and nonproprietary sources deemed by BlackRock to be reliable, are not necessarily all-inclusive and are not guaranteed as to accuracy.
These materials may contain "forward-looking" information that is not purely historical in nature. Such information may include, among other things, projections and forecasts. There is no guarantee that any forecasts made will come to pass. Reliance upon information in these materials is at the sole discretion of the reader.
These materials are being distributed/issued in Australia and New Zealand by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. ("BFM"), which is a United States domiciled entity. In Australia, BFM is exempted under Australian CO 03/1100 from the requirement to hold an Australian Financial Services License and is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under US laws which differ from Australian laws. In Canada, these materials are intended for permitted clients only. BFM believes that the information in this document is correct at the time of compilation, but no warranty of accuracy or reliability is given and no responsibility arising in any other way for errors and omissions (including responsibility to any person by reason of negligence) is accepted by BFM, its officers, employees or agents. Latin America these materials are intended for Institutional and Professional Clients only. These materials are solely for educational purposes and do not constitute an offer or a solicitation to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any shares of any fund (nor shall any such shares be offered or sold to any person) in any jurisdiction within Latin America in which an offer, solicitation, purchase or sale would be unlawful under the securities law of that jurisdiction. If any funds are mentioned or inferred to in these materials, it is possible that they have not been registered with the securities regulator of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru or any other securities regulator in any Latin American country and no such securities regulators have confirmed the accuracy of any information contained herein. No information discussed herein can be provided to the general public in Latin America.
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