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Breeden Testimony Backed by Market Safeguards in Hearing
SEC Chairman Richard Breeden told a House subcommittee that current safeguards from the 1987 crash are working but proposed reforms are needed. He supported requiring reports on large trades and rules to assess broker dealer holding companies, while circuit breakers reduce need for discretionary halts. The session followed the October Dow slide and market gyrations signaling potential changes debated in Congress.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Richard C. Breeden
House
U.S
Treasury
Nicholas F. Brady
Senate Banking Committee
Breeden
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Senate
Telecommunications and Finance
Edward Markey
D-Mass
Edward I. O’brien
Securities Industry Association
O’brien
George Bissell
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Investment Company Institute
Markey
Subcommittee
Dow Jones
Dow
Richard Breeden
Security and Exchange Commission
House Energy and Commerce
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