The House Financial Services Committee is set to grill several of the principal actors in the GameStop saga following public outcry against online trading platform Robinhood and other brokers’ decisions to restrict trading in so-called meme stocks last month.
Executives at Robinhood, market maker Citadel Securities, hedge fund Melvin Capital, social media firm Reddit, and Keith Gill, an independent investor who found fame and riches with his early purchases of GameStop shares, will all testify at the hearing, scheduled for noon on 18 February. Here’s what to expect:
