Need To Know™

Welcome to The STA University "Need to Know™" program.

"Need to Know" keeps you abreast of the larger trends, releases, and information impacting traders and the industry.

Here you can access current critical and urgent information on key industry developments from regulators, legislators, market centers, and media sources.

In addition to urgent information on industry developments, we are also pleased to provide links to global contacts that securities industry professionals may need.

Resources for Securities Industry Professionals

Important Reference Documents

  • The Department of the Treasury Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure, Chapter 3: History of the Current Regulatory Framework
  • G30 Report on financial regulation reform—the project was chaired by Paul Volcker. The Report is intended for policy makers in all countries, but several of the issues and recommendations have a direct U.S. focus.
  • Bush Administration Treasury Blueprint—the new Congress will not rely on these recommendations and instead rely on the Obama Administration's recommendations, which are required by the EESA (TARP legislation) to be released by April 30, 2009. However, we have heard that the Obama Administration hopes to release its recommendations by the end of March.
  • Committee on Capital Markets Regulation (CCMR)—a 501(c)(3) research organization that includes leaders from academia, and the investor, business, finance, accounting and law community. It is co-chaired by Glenn Hubbard, Dean of the Columbia Business School, and John Thornton, Chair of the Brookings Institution. The CCMR's director is Professor Hal Scott, Nomura Professor and Director of the Program on International Financial Systems at Harvard Law School.
  • Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report—testimony on financial regulation reform


Regulators:


Legislators


US Market Centers


Global Market Centers


Media Sources