Tag Archives: Dodd-Frank

Now that his bill proposing a measure of CFPB reform has passed the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Andy Barr (R-Kentucky) wants to take it further.

Financial industry regulators are seeking comment on a proposed rule that would implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act and change compensation structures and align banks’ incentives. How will this affect the financial industry?

It has been a tough week for both the CFPB and for the Dodd-Frank Act, continuing with the passing of two bills in the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday.

The decision to remove the "systemically important" designation from MetLife has been viewed as a victory for opponents of Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform. However, they should not be so quick to celebrate, according to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew.

New York Fed President and CEO Bill Dudley discussed some of the regulatory responses to the crisis that changed the way the central bank supervises institutions, including changes brought on by Dodd-Frank.

Robert C. Hockett of the Cornell Law Faculty breaks down a judge's recent decision to remove the "systemically important" designation from MetLife—and the implications for Dodd-Frank and the economy if the decision stands.

Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Missouri), a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, told a group of bankers they need to “find a way to neuter” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and called her the "Darth Vader of the financial world."

In his address, Hensarling called Dodd-Frank the “Obama Financial Control Law” and asserted that it “stands as a monument to the arrogance and hubris of man in that its answer to incomprehensible complexity and government control is yet more incomprehensible complexity and more government control.”

President Obama credits Dodd-Frank and other financial reform with much of the country's economic progress since the crisis. But he says it's not enough.

In his first speech as president of the Minneapolis Fed, Neel Kashkari said that progress had been made toward ending too big to fail, but that the Dodd-Frank Act did not go far enough.