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.
Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act is relevant for any organisation that transacts in OTC derivatives and applies directly to any participant that meets the definition of a 'Swap-Dealer' (SD), 'Security-based Swap Dealer' (SBSD), 'Major Swap Participant' (MSP) or 'Major Security-Based Swap Participant' (MSBSP).
Consumer​ protection, resolution​ authority, systemic risk​ regulation, Volcker​ rule, and derivatives.
The Dodd-Frank Act restricted the emergency lending or bailout authority of the Federal Reserve by: Prohibiting lending to an individual entity. Prohibiting lending to insolvent firms. Requiring approval of lending by the Secretary of the Treasury.
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 ( ...
Title VII subjects dealers and market participants to new internal and external business conduct requirements, such as establishing procedures for detecting internal conflicts of interests and requiring increased disclosures of material information about a swap or SBS to counterparties.
Simple principles like. . . . Markets should be transparent. Regulation should be consistent, without gaps that can be exploited by those who wish to indulge in risky, destabilizing or illegal behavior. Market participants, not taxpayers, should bear the risks of their market activities.
Title VII subjects dealers and market participants to new internal and external business conduct requirements, such as establishing procedures for detecting internal conflicts of interests and requiring increased disclosures of material information about a swap or SBS to counterparties.
Title VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 was enacted to mitigate systemic risk in the financial system and to promote financial stability, in part, through enhanced supervision of financial market utilities (FMUs) designated as systemically important by the Financial Stability ...