If you couldn’t make the our event last week, you missed Democrats and Republicans coming together to agree that shadow banking is a thing and a “modern day Glass-Steagall” is not.
The Town Maul went down at Croton Reservior Tavern and was sponsored by SoFi. Our panel included CNBC “Big Money” reporter Lawrence Delevingne, Dealbreaker editor Thornton McEnery, and Above the Law editor Joe Patrice. I moderated.
You can see us all here (I’m the dark-skinned gentleman in the middle, and also, evidently, a giant):
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Astute readers will notice that Staci Zaretsky and Kathryn Rubino were there too. But, they weren’t allowed to talk, probably because they have lady parts. Here’s Staci (most likely) composing another Pink Ghetto post, while Joe tries to avoid having things thrown at him for saying some mess about SEC enforcement:

As per usual, while Bess Levin was there, nobody was able to snap a picture of her. She is a moonbeam that you cannot hold in your hand. But this guy showed up:
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It wasn’t just all fighting about Dodd-Frank, Bernie’s community bank utopia, and the strange distance the GOP field is keeping from Wall Street. We also played buzzword Bingo. This guy won a package from these two SoFi people:

Then he asked a question that I didn’t understand that Lawrence answered competently — I assume.
Thanks to everybody for coming. And thanks to the cops who were totally cool as I stumbled to Grand Central.