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第十五届中国国际金融论坛于2018年12月15日-16日在上海召开，主题为：现代金融体系构建服务实体经济高质量发展，美国华人金融协会（CFAA）中国区主席詹锐出席并演讲。

詹锐称，从美国的监管可以得出启示，金融机构本身是服务机构，金融终究要回归实体。

他还指出，美国金融监管是一种放松的状态，因为随着百年来的历史，美国证券市场相对完善，系统性金融机构的认定标准相对较高。詹锐指出，这只有在信义责任基础上才能做到，例如你投资了我，我要对你负责，我作为你的投资顾问，我要给我的顾客，给你负什么责任？关于这一点，美国已经建立非常完善的系统。

以下为演讲实录：

詹锐：大家下午好！听了一下午，而且都是这么有技术含量的，难度很高的数位博士来讲的东西。我先说一下华人金融协会，我们这个华人金融协会，总部在芝加哥的美国机构。美国在1933年之前，在美国是没有联邦的证券法，是什么样的状况呢？大家如果看过《了不起的盖茨比》等就会知道，那是纸醉金迷的纽约黄金时代，欺诈、操纵股市、内幕交易、利益输送等，只要你胆子够大，脸皮够厚一定会赚到钱。这个导致什么后果？导致了股市大封盘，直接导致了30年代的大萧条情况，美国很多银行的行长，很多的金融机构老总、老板都失业了，被迫到街上卖苹果。而且有成千上万人自杀，失业的人数不尽其数，那是美国非常灰暗的一段历史。

后来美国终于下定决心打造完善的体系，1933年《证券法》，这个法规导致出现的一个结构叫SEC，从此之后，所有发行证券必须要遵循这个法规，这里就有一个东西来了，什么是证券？这个和我们后面的风险是非常有关系的，否则就是隐瞒生长，什么是证券？正很简单，就是在交易所或者银行、市场里面，在股票、债券等，其他的股市证券。

1993年《证券法》虽然做了很详细的定义，但是还没有讲什么是证券，后来一系列的案子，慢慢演变出来了证券市场。三个指标，一个以投资为目的，这个收益依赖于他人，这样的合作就是证券，美国你要想做金融创新，往往弄到这里面。除非是例外，除非是有例外的，你才免于被监管，什么是例外？私募，明确规定是例外或者在某一个州，可以免于进行注册登记。

这个就奠定了美国的基础，同时也是为什么刚才几位老师提到的，美国在金融创新这一块，并没有像其他的国家这么发达，这是很重要的支撑原因，还有一个很重要的法案，这个是和2008年有直接关系的。在1993年的《银行法》里面，投资银行，商业银行不准做投资银行的交易，这个规定在1999年的金融现代服务法法案里面取消掉了，为什么呢？因为在1999年之前这段时间，投资银行的收益非常好，传统的银行相反，商业银行收益率非常低。大家都知道美国联邦政府又一个称号，布兰特等，当时都是有千丝万缕的关系。导致1999年出台了《金融服务法案》，放松了金融衍生品的管制，直接造成了一个后果，我们讲到的后来导致2010年多德-弗兰克法案法案出台，CDO又是非常聪明的华尔街精英做出的产品，我们用的是一些非常低的信用这些产品。最后被世界级的评级机构打包到市场上销售。就在2008年之前，大概有数千支这种产品进入，形成非常庞大的资产包，最后资产包崩盘之后出现什么结果？包括高盛在内的一些大行，利用了AIG的措施，给自己的收益做担保，当投资人钱亏掉之后，他们可以通过AIG保险对冲，AIG提供的保险里面获益。当AIG也没钱，如果担保量太大，AIG也没钱了。联邦政府纾困，很不，包括保险基金在内的，都亏损非常严重，直接导致美国在30年代大萧条之后一次大的金融危机。

在这个背景之下，多德-弗兰克法案出台了，800多页，被美国同行称为这是真正的法案，创造就业机会的法案。为了多德-弗兰克法案的合规，美国的银行和金融界至今已经付出了超过，大概到2016年付出了超过400亿美金的合规。多德-弗兰克法案讲了什么东西？其实有一个法规又回到了1933年银行法，又回到了严监管的状态了。同时多德-弗兰克法案对于银行银行界还有券商的一些披露，提了很高的要求。到2012年的时候，按照披露的要求，290多条规则，大概超过90%已经被适用了。适用之后又回到强监管的状态，这个事刚好吻合了美国下一波的回暖，终于开始回南。回暖之后，美国人民非常有幸迎来了特朗普总统，在今年5月份的时候，特朗普推出了《经济增长、放松监管和消费者保护法案》的法案，这个法案刚刚出来的时候，又重新把多德-弗兰克法案里面一些对于金融机构监管的措施取消了，可以看到现在的金融集团在美国政府里面是非常有影响力的，可以看到原来花了差不多上百年慢慢取消这个东西，数年的时间就已经取消掉了。取消掉的后果是什么，待会儿会详细的讲一下。

首先提高了系统性金融机构的认定标准，原来标准是500亿美元，机构的净资产是500亿美元，纳入系统性金融机构名单里。纳入名单的话，会有很重的责任，首先第一个，每年美联储对这个机构进行压力测试，把整个机构监管，搞一个底朝天，摸底摸的非常清楚。现在把它变成了2500亿美金，目前只有12家金融机构是在这个名单里面，另外的话，很重要的一个信息，推动了网商银行、金融创新这一块的放松，是有利于美国的金融放松。同时对我们来说也是一个信号，美国的监管，实际上是以放松的状态。但是和我们是不是这样的？我们刚好不是这个样子的，不管是从证券还是证券市场、银行这一块，都是全力做紧缩的。

最后从美国的监管可以看出来，给我们一些什么样的启示，最终金融是要回归到实体的，中国是有提到很多的钱在金融机构里空转，空转的话，金融机构本身是服务机构，服务于实体企业，其中有一个很核心的东西，我个人觉得证券业，由于我们讲到了，刚才不管是杨老师还是朱老师都讲到了，我们怎么样让企业能够有效和投资方一起分担这个投资风险，这个怎么做到的？

只有在信义责任基础上做到的，这是比较专业的这个词。你投资了我，我要对你付什么样的责任，我作为你的投资顾问，我要给我的顾客，给您付什么责任，美国已经建立非常完善的系统。但是在中国没有，中国没有这样的系统，我们在《证券法》里面做了一些规定，但是非常可惜，我们在实操这个阶段的话，股东损害股民的利益，上市公司损害投资机构的利益，我们再回到大股东损害小股东的利益，公司的资产混合等等。监管这一块，我个人建议是适度监管，我们的优势是空间比较大，没有像美国那么严格的体系。但是我们的劣势是什么？这一块非常的薄弱，比如说评级机构，我们有银监会、证监会、银行体系，各个部门都有资格发评级机构的资格证书，在评级机构这一块，不见得比美国这一块做的更好。评级机构评级之后，很核心的指标，这一块，如何关注系统等风险，这是需要考虑的，提一点建议，谢谢大家！