Section 939A of The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 requires each federal agency to review its regulations and identify any regulation that requires the use of an assessment of the creditworthiness of a security or money market instrument; and any references to or requ

Section 918 of The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a review of mutual fund advertising, focusing on the advertising of past-performance information.

This report responds to the mandate in section 929Z of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 directing Government Accountability Office to study the impact of authorizing a private legal right of action against any person who aids or abets another in violation of the sec

Justin O'Brien of the CLMR at the University of New South Wales talks to Amir Ghandar about the direction of international regulatory reform and the ratinale behind establishing the CEDAR portal.

The Cannes Summit (3-4 November 2011) was dominated by discussion of the global economy, particularly developments in the Eurozone debt crisis. Other major issues discussed included financial regulation, trade, jobs, food security, agricultural productivity and development.

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.

Boston Consulting Group submitted a Report to Congress examining the internal operations, structure and need for reform at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Report, mandated by Section 967 of the Dodd-Frank Act, was prepared to address the recommendations made in March 2011 by the Boston Consulting Group who submitted a Report to Congress examining the internal operations, structure and need for reform at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The feedback statement confirms the Financial Services Authority's proposed approach, summarises responses to the discussion paper, considers where its product intervention initiatives will sit with other relevant work in the UK and at EU level, and gives some indication of the FSA's expec

The Financial Services Authority's Product Intervention Discussion Paper DP11/01 proposed that retail financial services regulation should move away from its primary focus on point-of-sale, to an approach that actively regulates all aspects of the product life cycle, including the design, devel