All Dodd-Frank Act articles – Page 3
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New Volcker rule eases restrictions on proprietary trading
The latest amendments to the Volcker rule, a regulation aimed at curbing banks from engaging in proprietary trading, seek to eliminate unnecessary complexity without thwarting the rule’s main objective.
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Overseas whistleblowers continue to fuel SEC program
Foreign national whistleblowers play a strong role in the SEC’s whistleblower program, highlighted by the most recent award of $500,000 to an overseas informant. This latest payout appears to mark at least the 13th time the SEC has awarded an overseas whistleblower.
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Warren’s next battleground: private equity firms
Under newly filed legislation, The Stop Wall Street Looting Act, firms would share responsibility for the liabilities of companies under their control, including debt, legal judgments, and pension obligations.
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Agencies exclude community banks from the Volcker Rule
Five federal financial regulatory agencies announced this week they have adopted a final rule to exclude community banks from the Volcker Rule.
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CFTC issues reduced whistleblower award of $2.5M
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has awarded a whistleblower $2.5 million for assisting it in an investigation, but the award could have been larger if the report was made sooner, the CFTC said.
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SEC proposes actions to bolster cross-border swap rules
The SEC has proposed a package of rule amendments and guidance for improving the regulation of cross-border swaps transactions.
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Report: FTC, CFPB have blind spots for credit reporting agencies
A report by the Government Accountability Office finds that the FTC and CFPB have oversight and enforcement shortcomings when it comes to credit reporting agencies.
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Regulators’ top risk cop assailed by reform-bent critics
The Financial Stability Oversight Council was created to expose and mitigate systemic risks to the U.S. financial system. Its critics are winning the long-simmering battle to redefine its efforts.
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Critics scrutinize plans for revised Volcker Rule
Proposed rulemaking to ease the compliance burden of the Dodd-Frank Act’s controversial Volcker Rule might not be enough to appease everyone.
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CFPB moves forward with ‘disclosure sandbox’ for companies
With a comment period now wrapped up, the CFPB plans to move forward with a proposal to offer firms innovative “trial disclosure programs.”
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CFPB’s name game reaches its endgame
In one of her first moves since taking charge of the CFPB, Director Kathy Kraninger has spiked a controversial initiative to rename and rebrand the agency.
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SEC rule targets hedging of equity compensation
New SEC rules will require companies to file an annual meeting proxy statement that discloses whether employees and directors are allowed to hedge any decrease in the market value of equity securities granted as compensation.
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CFPB nominee stonewalls way through Senate hearing
Kathy Kraninger is likely to prevail as President Trump’s nominee to head the CFPB, despite her evasive performance during a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee.
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Fed rule targets risk concentrations among big banks
A new rule from the Federal Resere seeks to prevent concentrations of risk between large banking organizations and their counterparties from undermining financial stability.
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President signs into law Dodd-Frank relief for community banks
On Thursday, President Trump signed a bipartisan bill, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, easing the Dodd-Frank Act’s regulatory burden on community banks.
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Dodd-Frank Act rule rollback makes its way through Congress
With some help from Democrats, Congressional Republicans have sent the most significant Dodd-Frank Act regulatory retreat to date on to the desk of President Trump.
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With proxy season under way, so is executive pay scrutiny
Although this year’s proxy season is just beginning, there are already some clues about how shareholders are voting on corporate pay packages.
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CFTC chair wants to reform and repair Dodd-Frank’s swaps rules
CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo is trying to set the stage for what he describes as “regulatory reform 2.0,” with a look back on the Dodd-Frank Act’s swaps rules and where his Commission succeeded, or failed.
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Push for Volcker rule reforms gains momentum
Since the day the Dodd-Frank Act was passed nearly a decade ago, the Volcker rule has been a burr under the saddle for Republicans. Now, their complaints are a lot closer to having a remedy, with plans to ease the rule’s burden on community banks.
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A deep dive into the Senate bill that chips away at the Dodd-Frank Act
On March 15, the Senate, under the leadership of Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, passed what he is calling “the most significant piece of regulatory reform legislation for community financial institutions in nearly a decade” with a bipartisan vote of 67 to 31.