Dodd-Frank
The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) was passed by Congress in 2010. This page provides links to all of the studies mandated by the legislation. The list can be sorted according to agency and date. It also provides commentary on aspects of the legislation, such as the Volcker Rule limiting proprietory trading, as well as international responses.
When the Regulatory Perimeter Extends Too Far to Regulate: Dodd-Frank Resource Extraction and Conflict Minerals
Originally Published:
Friday, August 24, 2012
The SEC has adopted implementing rules on two "exotic" provisions of Dodd-Frank, far outside their mandate and expertise.
Trench Warfare Over Dodd-Frank Implementation
In a wide-ranging interview covering the provisions on conflict minerals and the Volcker rule on limiting proprietary trading, Professor Eric Talley of the University of California at Berkeley discusses the key obstacles involved in implementing Dodd-Frank.
Originally Published:
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Will Dodd-Frank Ever Work?
Originally Published:
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Thomas Clarke questions whether Dodd-Frank will succeed in reining in the US finance sector.
Patrolling an Extended Perimeter
Originally Published:
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The unintended consequences of pork barrel politics come into full view in an exotic provision of Dodd-Frank.
Government Accountability Office Reports On The Status of Study Concerning Appraisal Methods And the Home Valuation Code of Conduct
Section 1476 of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 requires the Government Accountability Office to report within 90 days on the status of a GAO study mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act on real estate appraisal issues.
Originally Published:
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Federal Reserve Board Reports to Congress on Risk Retention
Section 941(c) of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 requires that the Federal Reserve Board conduct a study on the effect of the new risk retention requirements to be developed and implemented by the federal agencies.
Originally Published:
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Government Accountability Office Reports on Status of Programs and Implementation of Recommendations for the Troubled Asset Relief Program
Since the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) was implemented, the GAO has issued more than 40 reports containing more than 60 recommendations to the Department of the Treasury.
Originally Published:
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Financial Stability Oversight Council Publishes Study on Prohibitions on Proprietary Trading & Certain Relationships with Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds
The Study suggests that proprietary trading in banking entities is speculative and recommends a supervisory framework that effectively prohibits proprietary trading activities throughout a banking entity, and not just within certain business units.
Originally Published:
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Financial Stability Oversight Council Reports on Macroeconomic Effects on Risk Retention Requirements
Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 imposes credit risk retention requirements, under which securitizers, and, in certain circumstances, originators of asset-backed securities must retain not less than 5 percent of the credit risk for any asset unless th
Originally Published:
Tuesday, January 18, 2011