Eight U.S. firms remain on this updated list of global systemically important banks released by the Financial Stability Board, an international panel tasked with developing regulatory policies in the interest of world financial stability.

The real estate settlement services industry has been considering the problem of how best to verify to lenders that individual title and escrow agents are competent, trustworthy and compliant. The American Land Title Association backed a solution underpinned by these agency best practices.

The Bipartisan Policy Center formed a group of formal regulators, policy advocates, academics and practitioners to evaluate the financial regulatory system as a result of Dodd-Frank and to study five specific areas of the law and its impact. This white paper provides an overview of each of those areas.

Republicans and Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee reignited their debate over whether Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act ends or enshrines the notion that some companies are too big to fail. In this paper, Republicans argued the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. doesn't have the manpower to staff an orderly liquidation

Republicans and Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee reignited their debate over whether Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act ends or enshrines the notion that some companies are too big to fail. In this paper, Democrats argued taxpayers would be repaid in the event the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ever tapped the orderly liquidation fund.

The Federal Housing Financial Agency is seeking public feedback on its plan to craft a new infrastructure for the secondary mortgage market. The proposed framework includes the creation of a common securitization platform and a model pooling and servicing agreement.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continued to add programs and staff members at a rapid pace in the first half of 2012, according to the agency’s recently-released semi-annual report. The report to Congress also outlined the bureau’s plans for the coming months in numerous key areas.

London-based Rule Financial, an independent provider of business consultancy, IT consultancy and IT services to the global investment banking community, launched the results of a study on the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on the buy and sell-sides.

This new white paper examining the initial impact of Dodd-Frank's say on golden parachutes provisions found that shareholders expressed overwhelming support for golden parachute compensation arrangements. The white paper was prepared by Margaret Black and Dan Wetzel, managing directors at Pearl Meyer & Partners LLC.

The Vermont Captive Insurance Association released a white paper that examines whether certain Dodd-Frank provisions will impact the captive insurance industry. The paper was prepared McIntyre and Lemon PLLC.