What if banks themselves started to realize that disadvantaging their customers does not make long-term business sense?

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Still, it will not want to raise rates too quickly and risk disadvantaging European exporters who suffer as their currency strengthens.

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The SEC recently took action against one custodian affiliated brokerage for allegedly disadvantaging pensions by not providing best execution on trades, to the benefit of a handful of favored hedge fund accounts.

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As all these players are improving technology and performance to sharpen competitiveness, there is real fear at MHI that a one year delay will be severely disadvantaging in the fight for new orders.

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Practically none of the public or private sector professionals I have spoken to over the past decade with respect to this major, emerging national security challenge had any interest in unnecessarily disadvantaging U.S. firms and driving business offshore, often to foreign competitors.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Testimony of Roger Robinson on market security