The Securities and Exchange Commission study, prepared pursuant to Section 913 of the Dodd-Frank Act, investigates the effectiveness of the standard of care required of broker-dealers and investment advisers that provide personalized investment advice regarding securities to retail customers.

Section 978 of The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 mandated that the Government Accountability Office study the role of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board in the municipal securities markets.

Section 750 of The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 establishes an interagency working group, headed by the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to conduct a study on the oversight of existing and prospective carbon markets to ensure an efficient, secur

The Study suggests that proprietary trading in banking entities is speculative and recommends a supervisory framework that effectively prohibits proprietary trading activities throughout a banking entity, and not just within certain business units.