Dodd-Frank Act
WHAT IS THIS? Properly known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, this controversial US legislative package enacted a host of reforms agreed by the G20 nations in the aftermath of the financial crisis, including rules on the clearing, execution and reporting of standardised swaps. It also introduced the Volcker rule ban on proprietary trading by banks, and a new way of liquidating big institutions.
Transatlantic swap liquidity split persists – Risk.net poll
US rules have broken the swap market in two, according to 60% of respondents to a poll
Dealers opt to break reporting rules in privacy clash
No easy solution as European and US reporting rules collide with foreign laws
Unfinished rules likely to cause continued hedging woes
Post-crisis laws are generating deep uncertainty for commodity market
CFTC policy chief defends US regulator's extraterritorial rules
Lack of alternative Sef regimes makes US approach de facto standard
CFTC eases Dodd-Frank burden on energy companies
Steps on position limits and de minimis threshold seen as "great news"
Banks breach EU and US reporting rules to avoid privacy clash
Two dealers admit to masking customer identities to avoid a conflict of law
Cargill reveals 'struggle' with Dodd-Frank swap dealer rules
Rules are uphill battle for non-financial firms, says compliance chief
Energy traders seek flexibility in CFTC position limits
Hedging definition and complexity of position limits cause concern
US opposition to ComFrame intensifies
Industry body claims global standards clash with domestic legislation
Maijoor: EU-US segregation clash ‘not a simple issue’
It is not clear that European rules will permit firms to use US collateral protections
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Scott O'Malia, it's your fault
Swaps markets have fragmented, and the CFTC commissioner accepts regulation is to blame
US end-users are losers in swaps liquidity split
US participants "are not able to access" full breadth of liquidity, says Tradeweb CEO
Regulator of the year: Mark Carey
Work on incentive reform was well received
GRC platform of the year: Wolters Kluwer
Moving towards unified risk management approach
Energy firms beg CFTC for clarity on commodity options
Power and gas traders bemoan ‘seventh prong’ in Dodd-Frank rules
CFTC no-action letter could end public utilities' hedging woes
‘Operations-related’ swaps excluded from Dodd-Frank special entity threshold
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How to game a Sef: Banks fear arrival of arbitrageurs
Liquidity could suffer if sharp practice takes root in Sef markets
US state and federal insurance regulators are squaring up
US state regulators are worried the Federal Insurance Office is exceeding its remit
Federal insurance oversight is the wrong move, Connecticut regulator says
Post-crisis reforms take supervision to the wrong level
Overnight heroes: central banks weigh loans for CCPs
Eurex and SGX can borrow from their central banks, while rivals have to rely on common-or-garden lenders
CFTC-EC swaps accord not working, says MEP Swinburne
Accord has not solved swaps liquidity fragmentation
Studies reveal role of donations in shaping US regulation
Fed's role jeopardised by political pressure and lobbying