Examining Investor Risks in Capital Raising

Securities, Insurance, and Investment

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building

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COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON SECURITIES, INSURANCE, AND INVESTMENT

will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing entitled “Examining Investor Risks in Capital Raising.” The witnesses will be: Professor John Coates, Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard Law School; Mr Stephen Luparello, Vice Chairman, The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority; and Mr. Mark Hiraide, Partner, Petillon, Hiraide, Loomis, LLP. Additional witnesses may be added.

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Professor John Coates [view testimony]
  Professor of Law and Economics
  Harvard Law School
• Ms. Kate Mitchell [view testimony]
  Managing Director
  Scale Venture Partners
• Mr. Barry Silbert [view testimony]
  Chief Executive Officer
  SecondMarket, Inc.
• Mr. Stephen Luparello [view testimony]
  Vice Chairman
  The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
• Mr. Mark Hiraide [view testimony]
  Partner
  Petillon, Hiraide, Loomis, LLP.