An Act to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.
The swap rules have three pillars: execution, clearing, and reporting. Transparent execution. Central counterparty clearing. Data reporting and storage.
The Collins Amendment of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act requires large US banks (those subject to “advanced approaches” treatment, generally the US GSIBs) to calculate their capital requirements in two ways: first, using regulator-set standardized approaches and second using internal models approaches, with the higher of the ...
The key components of a swap rate include the fixed rate, floating rate, notional amount, payment frequency, payment dates, swap tenor, and market conventions.
The tests apply to a person's swap positions in each of four major swap categories: rate swaps (any swap based on reference rates such as interest rates or currency exchange rates), credit swaps (any swap based on instruments of indebtedness or related indices), equity swaps (any swap based on equities or equity ...
The SEC regulates Security-Based Swaps (SBS) and Security-Based Swap Dealers (SBSD). The CFTC regulates Swaps and Swap Dealers (SD). The CFTC and SEC jointly regulate mixed swaps.
Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act ("Title VII'), provides that the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC') and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC') (collectively, "the Commissions'), in consultation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, shall jointly further define certain key terms ( ...
This might include making false or exaggerated claims, greenwashing, data manipulation, carbon offset fraud, and many other unethical practices. The Dodd-Frank Act provides protections for whistleblowers who report violations of securities law, especially those related to ESG fraud.
What are the five areas included in the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010? Consumer protection, resolution authority, systemic risk regulation, Volcker rule, and derivatives. a well-capitalized financial institution has ________ to lose if it fails and thus is ________ likely to pursue risky activities.