As required by Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission together with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, has voted to propose a rule

As required by Section 621 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010, the SEC has voted to propose a rule intended to prohibit certain material conflicts of interest between those who package and sell asset-backed securities (“ABS”) and those who invest in them.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is requesting public comment on the treatment of asset-backed issuers as well as real estate investment trusts and other mortgage-related pools under the Investment Company Act.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking public comment on a wide range of issues raised by the use of derivatives by mutual funds and other investment companies regulated under the Investment Company Act.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will adopt a new rule establishing large trader reporting requirements to enhance the agency’s ability to identify large market participants, collect information on their trading, and analyze their trading activity.

Andrew Sorkin of the New York Times has opined on the embedded costs for the US and global economy associated with implementation of the Volcker Rule.

The New York Times reports that current pushback against the Volcker Rule is the latest effort under way on Wall Street to mute the impact of Dodd-Frank.

The New York Times reports that even as the Securities and Exchange Commission has stepped up its investigations of Wall Street in the last decade, the agency has repeatedly allowed the biggest firms to avoid punishments specifically meant to apply to fraud cases.

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose rules that would impose certain business conduct standards upon security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants when those parties engage in security-based swap transactions.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new rules and amendments intended to increase transparency and improve the integrity of credit ratings.