Topics & People

Hoover Institution
Organization

Think tank where Steve Hilton served as a fellow.

Miami
Location

City in Florida attracting wealthy individuals fleeing high-tax states.

A rising issue of wagering addiction and unregulated speculation among young adult men.

Non-exchange trading venues regulated as broker-dealers by the SEC.

Dodd-Frank
PoliticalEntity

Financial reform legislation enacted after the 2008 financial crisis affecting derivative markets.

A methodology calculating margin requirements based on the risk of an entire portfolio.

Futures contracts based on individual stocks, hampered by SEC/CFTC jurisdictional overlap.

Smart Contracts
Technology

Self-executing programmable contracts hosted on blockchain networks.

Instantaneous clearing and settlement of financial transactions via blockchain.

A foundational database technology offering immediate settlement benefits in finance.

AI systems capable of executing multi-step tasks independently in software or the physical world without human intervention.

Department of Labor
PoliticalEntity

US federal department collaborating with the SEC to safely expose pension funds to private markets.