By Pam Martens: June 18, 2012

As you review the make up for the panels in these hearings, be sure to note that not one hearing has included representatives from the public or from consumer advocacy groups. 

“Examining Bank Supervision and Risk Management in Light of JPMorgan Chase’s Trading Loss”

House Financial Services Committee
Tuesday, June 19  9:30 a.m.; 2128 Rayburn House Office Building 

WITNESS LIST

Panel I

• Thomas J. Curry, Comptroller of the Currency
• Mary Schapiro, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Gary Gensler, Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Martin J. Gruenberg, Acting Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Scott Alvarez, General Counsel, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Panel II

• Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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“Market Structure – Ensuring Orderly, Efficient, Innovative and Competitive Markets for Issuers and Investors”

House of Representatives Financial Services’ Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:00 a.m.; 2128 Rayburn House Office Building

WITNESS LIST

Panel I

• Daniel Coleman, Chief Executive Officer, GETCO
• Kevin Cronin, Global Head of Equity Trading, INVESCO, on behalf of the Investment Company Institute
• Joe Gawronski, President and Chief Operating Officer, Rosenblatt Securities Inc.
• Thomas Joyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Knight Capital Group
• Duncan Niederauer, Chief Executive Officer, NYSE-Euronext
• Cameron Smith, President, Quantlab Financial LLC

Panel II

• Dan Mathisson, Managing Director, Credit Suisse Securities LLC
• William O’Brien, Chief Executive Officer, Direct Edge
• Jeffrey Solomon, Chief Executive Officer, Cowen and Company
• Jim Toes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Security Traders Association
• David Weild, Senior Advisor, Capital Markets Group, Grant Thornton, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Capital Markets Advisory Partners 

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“Examining the IPO Process: Is It Working for Ordinary Investors?”

Wednesday, June 20
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building

The Senate Banking Committee will hold this hearing with witnesses: Ann Sherman, Associate Professor of Finance, DePaul University;  Joel H. Trotter, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP; and Lise Buyer, Founder and Principal, Class V Group, LLC. 

Again, note that the hearing wants to know if the IPO process is working for “ordinary investors” but no ordinary investors will be heard.