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Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Decent start?
IT IS touted as the biggest overhaul of American finance since the Great Depression. The 2,319-page Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, now nearing the end of its odyssey through Congress, tackles almost every aspect of American finance from municipal bonds to executive pay.
THERE were amendments to this, amendments to that, even amendments to amendments.
Not all on the same page?
The sheer complexity of the 2,319-page Dodd-Frank financial reform bill is certainly a threat to future economic growth. But if you sift through the many sections and subsections, you find much more than complexity to worry about. The main problem with the bill is that it is based on a misdiagnosis of the causes of the financial crisis, which is not surprising since the bill was rolled out before the congressionally mandated Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission finished its diagnosis.
Fiasco?
Davis Polk is pleased to offer a series of brief webcasts, by lawyers across our practice groups, addressing the most important and pressing practical implications of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. These webcasts should be of interest to both business leaders and in-house lawyers grappling with implementation issues. Davis Polk has devoted significant resources over the past two years to monitor and interpret developments throughout the legislative process that culminated with the Dodd-Frank Act.
Dodd-Frank Webcast Series
As the world leaders gathered at the G20 summit to discuss how to bring the global imbalances into check, an equally important question has arisen. How to deal with the potential bubbles that might be caused by the highly accommodative monetary policies in the Western economies? Easy money could flow from the West into "emerging" economies, potentially chasing yield there and fuelling asset price bubbles.
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