Full Committee Hearing

Examining Investor Risks in Capital Raising

Date:   Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Time:   09:30 AM

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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

Witness Panel 1

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