By Aaron Nicodemus2024-11-26T14:53:00
Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, named by Donald Trump on Friday as his nominee for Treasury Secretary, has a clear mandate to deregulate the financial markets should he take the helm.
Bessent, the billionaire CEO and founder of Connecticut-based Key Square Group, is well-known on Wall Street. According to Trump’s announcement of his nomination on Truth Social, Bessent has been an investment manager for 35 years.
According to CBS News, Bessent is also a protégé of billionaire George Soros and was an executive with Soros Fund Management before launching Key Square Group.
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The U.S. Department of Labor scaled back OSHA penalties for small businesses and limited use of the general duty clause as part of the Trump administration’s deregulation agenda.
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President Donald Trump fired two Democratic commissioners serving on the Federal Trade Commission, the regulatory agency overseeing antitrust and consumer protection laws and which has been traditionally independent and staffed by members of both political parties.
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The U.S. Treasury Department has issued a final rule–and created a new division to oversee it–that will attempt to limit outbound investments to China related to sensitive technologies with military applications.
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Recent enforcement actions by U.S. agencies overseeing customs payments and export control laws indicate increased scrutiny of business transactions between U.S. and Chinese companies.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is awarding far fewer whistleblower claims, according to Bloomberg Law, which noted the commission denied awards for the entire period between April and July, the longest stretch in the program’s history.
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The firing of a Democrat commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission by President Donald Trump was illegal, according to a federal judge’s ruling last week.
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