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CSFME is an unbiased non-profit research organization shedding light on otherwise opaque market sectors. 

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Financial Market Research

CSFME conducts in-depth research and analysis in support of investors, financial service providers, regulators and other market participants.

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CSFME employs highly-qualified financial and policy experts who specialize in diverse subjects including securities lending, operational risk, and corporate governance.

Bringing Clarity to Opaque Markets

The Center for the Study of Financial Market Evolution (CSFME) is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve transparency, reduce risks, support research, and promote sound regulation of financial markets. It does so by conducting data-driven analysis, providing investor education, and supporting regulatory reviews in otherwise opaque markets. It serves individual and institutional investors, banks, brokers, other financial market participants, academic institutions, and government regulatory agencies.
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PresentationsDateSorted By Date In Descending Order
U.S. Senate read more
3/16/2011
Phoenix: IMN SL Summit2/14/2011
Miami: MFDF Directors' Institute1/25/2011
Phoenix: IMN12/5/2010
Boca Raton: RMA10/12/2010
London: IMN9/20/2010
New York: Fordham University9/13/2010
Boston: IMN6/28/2010
Berlin: ISLA6/23/2010
Hong Kong: PASLA Meeting3/3/2010
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EGALITAS – The Lender Directed Voting Initiative

It's often easier to agree on the faults, as compared with the remedies to a flawed market process. Basel Capital, Dodd Frank, and Proxy Access are all well-known examples of polarizing remedies to problems in the news.

In each case, the media raised the initial alarms and the public responded. Politicians and regulators hammered out reforms. Market participants lined up on either side. Yet consensus has been elusive, even at the corporate level. When a public company is seen to be lacking, shareholders work through their boards. Directors are elected to oversee management’s efforts to right the ship. Reforms often take years before effecting change.

But what if the electoral process itself is flawed? read more