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Tag Archives: Dodd-Frank
Bank Supervision: What’s Changed Since the Financial Crisis
When big banks failed during the 2007–2009 financial crisis, it wasn’t a complete surprise. Federal bank supervisors had found underlying risks at those banks, but didn’t always act on those findings to help banks be better actors. Today’s WatchBlog looks … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Markets and Institutions
Tagged bank regulations, big banks, CAMELS, Dodd-Frank, FDIC, Fed, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, financial markets, financial regulation, FMCI, Michael Clements, OCC, office of the comptroller of the currency, regulation, risk assessment, stress test, supervisors, too big to fail
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Ensuring Balanced Financial Regulation
Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act 8 years ago in response to the worst financial crisis in more than 75 years. In May of this year, Congress passed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. Both the new law and … Continue reading
Understanding Derivatives One Swap at a Time
Did you ever agree to swap your PB&J sandwich for your friend’s bologna sandwich? If so, you did a nonfinancial swap. Since the 1980s, bankers have applied that basic concept to create financial contracts to swap a wide range of … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Markets and Institutions
Tagged banks, derivatives, Dodd-Frank, FMCI, Lawrance Evans, swaps
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6 years after Dodd-Frank, Oversight of Financial Services Industry Still Needs Streamlining
Today is the 6th anniversary of the signing of the Dodd-Frank Act. The law made a range of financial reforms meant to help prevent future financial crises. For example, it closed gaps in the oversight of consumer protection and markets … Continue reading
Financial Regulatory Structure (podcast)
Over the past 150 years, the U.S. financial regulatory structure has evolved in response to various financial crises and to keep pace with financial markets themselves as they advanced from tickertape to e-trading and beyond. As you can see, the … Continue reading
Posted in Business Regulation and Consumer Protection, Financial Markets and Institutions, Podcast
Tagged Dodd-Frank, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, FDIC, financial regs, Financial Stability Oversight Council, FMCI, FSOC, FTC, insurance, Lawrance Evans, Office of Financial Research, OFR, SEC, securities, Securities and Exchange Commission
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Ending “Too Big to Fail”
8 years ago this month, the Federal Reserve bailed out Bear Stearns, preventing it from collapsing. This triggered an unprecedented amount of federal assistance to help stabilize markets—more than $1 trillion in loans and hundreds of billions of dollars of … Continue reading
5 Years of Dodd-Frank
It’s been 5 years since Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act reforming the U.S. financial regulatory system. Since then, we’ve been busy examining almost every aspect of this law and its impacts. Today’s WatchBlog shares a few of our regulatory lessons … Continue reading
Are Financial Planners Always Working in Your Best Interest?
People frequently use financial planners for help with such things as selecting investments and insurance products, and managing tax and estate planning. Entrusting someone with your money can be risky. What steps can you take to mitigate that risk? We … Continue reading
Posted in Business Regulation and Consumer Protection, Financial Markets and Institutions, Graphic, Retirement Security
Tagged CFPB, consumer protection, Dodd-Frank, financial planners, financial planning, FMCI, GAO, government accountability office, oversight, regulation, retirement savings, retirement security, risk, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, usgao
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