From 1 July 2011, the European Securities and Markets Authority was given exclusive responsibility for the registration and supervision of credit rating agencies in the EU. ESMA has published its first Annual Report on the Application of the Credit Rating Agencies Regulation.

Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 established a whistleblower program that requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to pay an award to eligible whistleblowers who voluntarily provide the SEC with original information about a violation of the fed

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.