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Regulatory Challenges in Financial Education Professor Howell E. Jackson Harvard Law School How to Increase the Effectiveness of Financial Education: Lessons from Economics and Psychology Dartmouth College October 17, 2005
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Outline The Basic Investor-Issuer Relationship The Problem of Financial Intermediaries An Array of Regulatory Options
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Issuer Individual Investor
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Issuer Individual Investor Trading Market
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Issuer Individual Investor Trading Market Professional 1.Security at Market Price 2.Execution Services 3.Advice on Transaction
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The Trilateral Dilemma Financial Professional Consumer Financial Product Service Provider A Service Provider B Service Provider C Service Provider D Service Provider E
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The Real Estate Settlement Transaction Real Estate Professional Home Purchase Consumer 2.) Paid by Consumer Settlement Service Provider E 1.) Selected by Market Professional 3.) Side Payment to Market Professional Legal Structure Proposed Price Controls RESPA in 1974 Kickbacks Prohibited HUD-1 Disclosure Civil Liability Some HUD Safeharbors
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Investment Managers and Excessive Commissions Investment Manager Investor Portfolio of Securities Brokerage Firm 1.) Selected by Investment Manager 2.) Brokerage Commission Paid by Investor 3.) Side Payment To Investment Manager Legal Structure Litigation for Fraud 1975 Amendments Disclosure 28(e) Safe Harbor Soft Dollar Practices
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Banks and Consumer Privacy Bank Banking Services Tele- Marketer 1.) Delivery of Private Customer Information Customers 2.) Purchase of Products by Consumers 3.) Side Payment To Bank Legal Structure Some Written Consent G-L-B Act of 1999 Mandatory Notice Opt-Out Right Affiliate exemption
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401(k) Plans and Excessive Fees Corporate Sponsor 401(k) Plan 401(k) Plan Provider 1.) Selected by Corporate Sponsor Employees 2.) Plan Fees Paid by Employees 3.) Benefits To Employer/Sponsor Legal Structure Fiduciary Duties “Exclusive Benefit” Reasonableness 404(c) Safe Harbor Limited Information Range of Choices Third Party Advice Employer Stock Rules
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An Array of Regulatory Options Disclosure –Materiality of Terms –Common Format Opt Out/Opt In Fiduciary Duties –General –With Safeharbors –Affiliate Exemptions Mandated Segregation of Functions –Chinese Walls –Third Party Providers Price Regulation –Reasonableness –Rate Regulation Prohibitions
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Regulatory Challenges in Financial Education Professor Howell E. Jackson Harvard Law School How to Increase the Effectiveness of Financial Education: Lessons from Economics and Psychology Dartmouth College October 17, 2005
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