Think the Dodd-Frank Act has been a burden on your compliance program so far? Just look at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rulemaking calendar for the next few months and see what’s coming next.
Reams of Dodd-Frank rules still need to be written, nearly 18 months after Washington enacted the landmark law. The SEC postponed many rulemaking deadlines in July, in many cases pushing them back into 2012; now stalled are much-anticipated rules on compensation disclosure, pay ratios, hedging transactions by corporate directors, trading restrictions for investment banks, disclosure of conflict minerals in the supply chain, and more.
