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By Philip McBride Johnson |
June 11, 2013
Throughout the Dodd-Frank Act's creation, swap users and dealers insisted that swaps are sufficiently distinguishable from futures and options and that they should be addressed separately, so they were. Look where we are now.
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By Silla Brush |
June 5, 2013
Non-U.S. banks won leeway in Dodd-Frank Act requirements to separate swaps trading from their U.S. branches.
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By Ian Katz and Zachary Tracer, Bloomberg |
June 4, 2013
American International Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and a unit of General Electric Co. were identified by U.S. regulators as potential risks to the financial system in a step toward putting the firms under tighter government scrutiny.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
May 28, 2013
The Dodd-Frank approach is all about preventing cross-border financial crises through the enforcement of high standards. No crises, no problems. But it is not the only possible solution.
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By Dave Michaels |
May 26, 2013
Kara M. Stein and Michael S. Piwowar, both senior U.S. Senate aides, were nominated by President Barack Obama to join the SEC.
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By Carter Dougherty, Bloomberg |
May 23, 2013
U.S. bankers and insurers are trying to use trade deals, which can trump existing legislation, to weaken parts of the Dodd-Frank Act designed to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis.
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By Silla Brush, Bloomberg |
May 21, 2013
Top executives of the two largest U.S. derivatives exchanges say regulators must take further steps to align Dodd-Frank Act rules with those of foreign counterparts to avoid oversight splits that could harm markets.
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By Silla Brush, Bloomberg |
May 16, 2013
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and the world’s largest banks won rollbacks in final Dodd-Frank Act rules that promise to transform the private swaps market by increasing competition.
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By Silla Brush |
May 15, 2013
The world’s largest banks are set to win a rollback in final Dodd-Frank Act rules intended to transform the swaps market.
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By Silla Brush and Christine Harper |
May 14, 2013
The CFTC is seeking documents from Wall Street banks about trades that combine features of swaps and futures.
