Banking
Here you will find information on regulations that impact all facets of the banking sector from brick and mortar deposit taking to stress testing and enhanced capital requirements.
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Commodities
Here you will find stories related to the commodity futures markets and regulation of those markets by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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Consumer Protection
This section features information on Dodd-Frank's increased federal protections for consumers, including stories detailing the efforts of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Corporate Governance
Information on Dodd-Frank's corporate governance mandates including the act's whistleblower provisions and other requirements for company leaders and boards of directors can be found in this section.
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Derivatives
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission are working to regulate the nation's derivatives markets. Turn here to learn about their efforts and the industry's response.
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Dodd-Frank Basics
In this section, you will find stories that provide an overview of Dodd-Frank, from debates over the efficacy of the act's core principles to the legislation's place in the nation's political landscape.
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Financial Stability
Here you will find stories on policymakers' efforts to enhance U.S. and world financial stability by identifying and regulating systemically important financial institutions and these firms' potentially risky activities.
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Investor Protections
Stories in this section relate to regulators' efforts to improve investor protections including disclosure mandates for companies and credit ratings agencies, enhanced securitization disclosures and investor relations issues such as say-on-pay voting.
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Legislation
Here you will find stories on federal legislative efforts to amend clarify and discard provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. You will also find stories detailing state legislators' efforts to weave Dodd-Frank provisions into their statutes.
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Minerals
Dodd-Frank's conflict minerals provisions and other requirements that impact miners and manufacturers can be found in this section.
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Nonbank Financial
Here you will find information on policymakers' efforts to increase federal oversight companies that provide financial services to consumers but have not traditionally come within the ambit of the federal banking regulators.
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Private Funds
Stories related to Dodd-Frank's new requirements for the managers and advisers of hedge funds and private funds are located in this section.
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Risk Retention
Here you will find information on the federal regulators' efforts to implement Dodd-Frank's credit risk retention requirements including provision that would create a Qualified Residential mortgage, a mortgage meeting certain criteria that would be exempt from risk retention.
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Securitization
Lawmakers and regulators working to restructure the securitization markets have focused on three areas: 1) adequacy of disclosure; 2) conflictions between securitizes and investors; and 3) rating agency information. Here you will find information on their efforts under the Dodd-Frank Act.
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Volcker Rule
Here you will find stories on regulators' effort to implement Dodd-Frank provisions that ban a banking entity from engaging in proprietary trading or from acquiring, sponsoring or retaining an ownership interest in a hedge fund or a private equity fund.
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