Capstone Financial & Business Services
What Makes us Different?
Proposed regulation and a burgeoning activist philosophy on the part of regulators is transforming today’s financial services industry. Our financial services team complements its expertise in policy and politics with substantial buy-side and sell-side experience. We rigorously identify and quantify regulatory and political risks and opportunities in a wide swath of financial service capital market companies and specific private equity transactions.
We Predict Policy,
Quantify Impact, and Recommend Strategy.
Capstone analysts track legislation and guidance from the earliest stages until the implementation phase and beyond to help clients create value-added growth strategies. We balance sophisticated investment data with expert policy analysis to provide clients with innovative research on political and regulatory forces that impact the financial services sector.
Our network of expert contacts includes former regulators, lobbyists, consultants, and law firms in key jurisdictions. We leverage these relationships to arrange conversations with the right people “on-the-ground” and have built strong relationships with international organizations, legislators, supervisory authorities, and a broad spectrum of stakeholders including think tanks, trade associations, lobbyists, and academics. Understanding the opaque connections allows us to track and analyze regulatory and policy changes and challenges.
Selected Issues
- Asset/Wealth management
- Banking
- Business services
- Education
- Fintech
- Housing finance
- Insurance
- Legal services
- Markets and exchanges
- Payments
- Real estate
- Securitization
- Specialty finance
Case Studies
Capstone has a proven track record of providing in-depth analysis across a wide range of policy and regulatory issues. Our case studies demonstrate our financial services team’s ability to help clients navigate complex policy challenges and develop targeted revenue-driving strategies.
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Our Latest Financial Services Insights
Insurer Checkup: PE Scrutiny Grows, But Annuities Gain from Deregulation
January 3, 2025 By Makenzy Mohrman, Capstone Financial Services Director Capstone believes insurers will continue to face more scrutiny over investment strategies, reinsurance practices, and the use of data intelligence tools. Exposure to catastrophe risks and extreme...
Trump 2.0: EU Braces for Major Economic and Policy Overhaul
January 2, 2025 By Mathew Gilbert, Head of Capstone's European Practice Capstone believes President-elect Trump’s second administration will profoundly impact Europe’s economic and policy outlook. We believe Trump 2.0 will not be like his first term. Given his...
The Red Wave, Coming Tax Battles, and Why They May Spur Affordable Housing Crisis Action
November 18, 2024 By Makenzy Mohrman, Capstone Financial Services analyst As the political tides shift in Washington—and with that shift, the likely end of many Biden-era housing affordability initiatives—policies to tackle the housing affordability crisis face a...
In the News
New York Times: More Regulation? Big Banks Say They’re Safe Enough Already.
Bloomberg: Legal Scrutiny Signals Shift in How US Homes Are Bought and Sold
New York Times: Home Sellers Win $1.8 Billion After Jury Finds Conspiracy Among Realtors
Norton Rose Fulbright: Buy-now-pay-later: more to come
WSJ: Popular Hedge Fund Bet on Fannie and Freddie Is Paying Off Big This Year
Some of Wall Street’s biggest investors are sitting on a paper windfall this year as the government ratchets up a debate over the future of mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
