August Senate commentary

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See also Senate draft commentary.

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Contents 1 August 31 2 August 30 3 August 29 4 August 28 5 August 27 6 August 26 7 August 25 8 August 24 9 August 23 10 August 22 11 August 21 12 August 20 13 August 19 14 August 18 15 August 17 16 August 16 17 August 15 18 August 14 19 August 13 20 August 12 21 August 11 22 August 10 23 August 9 24 August 8 25 August 6 26 August 5 27 August 4 28 August 3 29 August 2 30 August 1

August 31

• Banks Face EU Fines for Failing to Report OTC Trades Bloomberg
• If Lehman Had “No Idea,” Who Else is Clueless? ZeroHedge
• France proposes EU commodities markets regulation Reuters
• France pushes commodity derivatives trading rules AP
• AIG’s Planned Sale of Taiwan Unit to Primus Rejected Bloomberg
• Dodd-Frank chief executive pay law 'difficult to implement' BobsGuide
• Profits Uncertain for Ross in Muni Insurance New York Times
• The Jackson Hole papers (finally) FT Alphaville
• TBA Trading and Liquidity in the Agency MBS Market Alea
• F.D.I.C. Gives a Mixed Report on Banks in Quarter New York Times
• On Bigness and Reform New Deal 2.0
• RBA calls for rules to curb leverage in global banking Reuters
• JPMorgan Said to Shut Proprietary Trading to Meet Volcker Rule Bloomberg
• Report of Investigation Pursuant to Section 21(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Moody's SEC
• SEC Cautions Credit Agencies on Deceptive Conduct Compliance Week
• Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holding of Foreign Securities US Treasury
• US Broker Group Weighs In On Fiduciary Standard Dow Jones Newswires
• 3 Reps Under Further Investigation Over Alleged Bribery Tied To Fin Reform Votes AP
• Fallacies, Irrelevant Facts, and Myths in the Discussion of Capital Regulation: Why Bank Equity is Not Expensive SSRN

August 30

• Inching Toward World-Wide Accord on Bank Rules Wall Street Journal
• For Bankers, Issuers, Too Many Cooks in the Securitization-Reg Kitchen American Banker
• The Unbearable Lightness Of The Bank Accounting Cover Up The Daily Bail
• FDIC to Hold Forum on Resolution Authority Bank Digest
• 'Too Big to Fail' Credibility an Issue: Fed's Bullard CNBC
• Modifications to the U.S. Federal Reserve's Emergency Lending Authority Duane Morris
• FCIC Schedules Field Hearings Bank Digest
• Bernanke Faces Skepticism on Monetary-Policy Tools Bloomberg
• Deficit Cost Drop Gives Obama Stimulus Clinton Missed Bloomberg
• The Commission and Access: The Three Year Holding Period Race To the Bottom
• The Dodd-Frank Act: Creative Destruction, Destroyed American Enterprise Institute
• Republicans eye Frank’s chair Financial Times
• Chris Dodd: 'No Lobbying' For Me! Huffington Post
• Newedge Warns Brussels Against US Mismatch Financial Times
• Indemnification Language Hasn’t Changed, Moody’s Spokesman Says Bond Buyer
• CME Group to Offer Customers Exposure to Benchmark U.S. Treasury Securities CME Group
• 15 years of Cato Financial Deregulation Rortybomb

August 29

• Obama’s Old Deal Newsweek
• What is, and isn’t possible with capital rules Deus Ex Macchiato
• Guest Post: The Federal Reserve Should Raise Rates and Lower Them Too ZeroHedge
• New database on the maturity structure of publicly-held debt Econobrowser
• SEC Wants Securitization Made Easy The Atlantic
• Who's Afraid Of Elizabeth Warren, And Why? Examining Her Opposition The Daily Bail
• Budget battles could crimp SEC's plans Investment News

August 28

• The Financial Reform Act: Will it Succeed in Reversing the Causes of the Subprime Crisis? Securities Law Prof Blog
• Dodd-Frank’s Dangers and the Case for a Systemic Emergency Insurance Fund Harvard Law School Forum on Corp Governance
• BoE's Deputy Governor hints at draconian measures to curb banks' 'exuberance' The Telegraph
• Basel Faulty Streetwise Professor
• Partnoy on Credit Default Swaps As Substitutes for Credit Ratings Securities Law Prof Blog
• It’s Not Over Until It’s in the Rules New York Times
• Summer Rerun: Rating Agencies Created Incentives to Issue Paper More Profitable for Them to Rate Naked Capitalism

August 27

• ProPublica on the Banks’ C.D.O. ‘Daisy Chain’ New York Times Dealbook
• Banks’ Self-Dealing Super-Charged Financial Crisis ProPublica
• Welcome To CDO World ProPublica
• Bank trading activities need more “robust” regulations, FSA urges BobsGuide
• Killing Them Softly The Economist
• Banks Need New Capital on Housing Dip, Whitney Says Bloomberg
• Committee of European Banking Supervisors Publishes Revised Guidelines on Stress Testing Alston & Bird
• ‘We think the (US Treasury) market is ripe for a pullback’ FT Alphaville
• This Is Not a Recovery New York Times
• The Fed’s balance sheet and an ABS update FT Alphaville
• Bullet casings on the floor, blades whirring in the distance FT Alphaville
• Central banking in uncertain times: conviction and responsibility European Central Bank
• Municipal Market Rulemaking Board Asks SEC To Approve Expansion Dow Jones Newswire
• Moody’s Wants Muni Issuers to Cover It For Any Rating Challenges Bond Buyer
• Fed gets 60-day delay on bailout disclosure Reuters
• A Big Surprise: Troubled Assets Garner Rewards New York Times
• SEC Staff Provides MM Funds with No-Action Relief From the NRSRO Requirements of Rule 2a-7 Drinker Biddle
• Super-Absorbent Bank Regulatory Capital Morrison Foerster

August 26

• Can Global Liquidity Forecast Asset Prices? IMF
• The prudential regime for trading activities FSA
• Five Things To Expect from Jackson Hole Reuters
• SEC: No longer a doormat Financial Times
• Fed Seeks Delay of Bank Data Release While Considering Appeal Bloomberg
• The Financial Reform Act: Derivatives Perkins Coie
• Derivatives Collateral May Cut Costs for Governments, AFME Says Bloomberg
• CFTC to Publish Federal Register Notice Seeking Public Input on Areas of Rulemaking for Dodd-Frank Act CFTC
• ISDA Streamlines Credit Derivative Novation Process DerivSource
• Despite Reform, Banks Have Room for Risky Deals New York Times
• Dodd Questions Elizabeth Warren's Management Experience -- A Concern He's Never Raised Before Huffington Post
• Banks Alerted to ANPR on Alternatives to the Use of Credit Ratings Bank Digest
• S&P Warns On U.S. AAA Rating - Follow Recommendations Of Deficit Commission Daily Bail
• Gazelles and Turtles Project Syndicate
• Fiscal Austerity and “Third World America” Baseline Scenario

August 25

• US Lawmakers Need To Take Steps To Protect US's AAA Rating - S&P Dow Jones Newswires
• What Makes 'Good' Prudential Supervision? Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority
• SEC Adopts “Proxy Access” Rules O'Melveny & Myers LLP
• FSA Calls for Tougher Bank Oversight Wall Street Journal
• TARP Take-Back The American Prospect
• Morgan Stanley: Government Defaults Inevitable Jesse's Cafe
• Global outlook casts shadow over Fed mountain retreat Reuters
• Dodd-Frank Could Bring Flood of Work for Law Firms The Recorder
• New Fed Proposal To Bankrupt America: Government Guarantee Of Entire ABS Market ZeroHedge
• Treasury Makes Shocking Admission: Program for Struggling Homeowners Just a Ploy to Enrich Big Banks Alternet

August 24

• Comments Requested on Proposed "Key Definitions" of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act Mayer Brown
• Dodd – Frank: Credit Rating Agencies, Part II SEC Actions
• Money Market Funds Can Rely on Credit Rating Agencies Financial Planning
• A Market Solution That Put Investors in a Fix Wall Street Journal
• Fed Split on Move to Bolster Sluggish Economy Wall Street Journal
• Bank Settlements: Judges Take A Stand, Shift Focus To Individual Responsibility Huffington Post
• FDIC says Basel proposals crucial for safe banks Reuters
• New ABS Provision May Be Too Broad Bond Buyer
• New Fees Weighed for Mortgage Industry Wall Street Journal
• Existing-home sales plunge 27.2% Marketwatch
• Dodd Recounts War Stories Over Reg Reform American Banker
• On How Tim Geithner and I agree on public policy Credit Writedowns
• Implications of the Financial Reform Legislation for End Users of Derivatives Foley & Lardner
• Consultation on Transaction Reporting on OTC Derivatives and Extension of the Scope of Transaction Reporting Obligations CESR
• IMA warns about consequences of the EU's OTC derivatives reforms Credit Risk Chronicles
• U.S. State Treasurers Project Fiscal Squeeze as Revenue Revives Bloomberg
• CFTC Signs SOI with Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry & Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries CFTC
• Wanted: Chief Data Officer. Data Skills Not Necessary. Securities Technology Monitor
• Portrait of HAMP Failure: Destroying Credit Ratings Fire Dog Lake

August 23

• An Overview of Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code: Municipal Debt Adjustments Jones, Day
• Summary of the Effect of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act on the Securitization Industry Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
• Selected Highlights of The Dodd-Frank Act Affecting Derivatives Fried Frank
• Ex-JPMorgan executive appointed as CEO of SwapClear BobsGuide
• Amar Bhide on “Robotic Finance”: An Adaptive Explanation Macroeconomic Resilience
• SEC Issues No-​Action Letter, Allows Putting NRSRO Designations on Hold Crane Data
• Bernanke Must Raise Benchmark 2 Points in Latest Rajan Warning Bloomberg
• Fed's Hoenig: reforms may not end "too big to fail" Reuters
• Big Banks Still Threaten Small Ones, Fed Official Says New York Times
• The Government’s Bank Credit Writedowns
• Fed Loses Bid for Review of Bailout Disclosure Ruling Bloomberg
• Judges Taking Tougher Line on Bank Settlements New York Times
• Two Top Investigators Leave Financial Crisis Commission Huffington Post
• Ex-Fed Governor Mishkin in 'Pay for Say' Controversy Over Icelandic Economy Jesse's Cafe
• SEC Approves Amendments to Municipal Bond Disclosures Race To The Bottom.org
• Woman Wall Street Hates Most Is Right for the Job: Tim Duncan Bloomberg

August 22

• Monday at the Treasury: an overlong exegesis Interfluidity
• Corporate Governance of the 100 Largest US Public Companies Harvard Law School Forum on Corp Governance and FinReg
• Koebel on Regulation of Investment Advisory Industry Securities Law Prof Blog
• SEC and CFTC Hold Roundtable Discussion on Clearing and Listing of Swaps and Security-Based Swaps Alston & Bird
• Will 12(b)-1 plan fizzle without champion Investment News
• Stock Swing Still Baffles, With an Ominous Tone New York Times

August 21

• Basel Should Beware Seeking Holy Grail for Hybrid Debt Wall Street Journal

August 20

• Inter-dealer brokers warn of 'monopolistic' risks in new swap clearing rules Finextra
• Regulators weigh access vs risk in clearing rules Reuters
• MarketAxess to Operate Swap Execution Facility Securities Technology Monitor
• Fighting Flares on New Derivatives Rules Wall Street Journal
• Software of the subprime crisis FT Alphaville
• Crowded trades in capital arb Deus Ex Macchiato
• Flipping the capital structure || erutcurts latipac eht gnippilF FT Alphaville
• FFIEC Releases Small Business, Small Farm and Community Development Lending Data Bank Digest
• Letter from a Washington conference Room Credit Writedowns
• Drawing Blood Still to Come in Muni Business: Arthur Levitt Bloomberg
• Consumers Clamoring for a Leader New York Times
• Basel Committee: Bank bond investors should bear costs of bailouts BobsGuide
• Dodd – Frank: Credit Rating Agencies, Part I SEC Actions
• Labor & Employment Alert: New Whistleblower Incentives and Protections in the Dodd-Frank Act Jones, Day

August 19

• Financial Reform Act: Section 1075 Changes the Rules Related to Credit and Debit Card Use Perkins Coie
• A business model dies (thanks to regulators) Deus Ex Macchiato
• Banks’ buyback pain to be $17bn – $42bn, Fitch estimates FT Alphaville
• Barclays Capital: US banks need $115bn to meet Basel rules BobsGuide
• Banks Stuck With Bill for Bad Loans New York Times
• UK banks, sucking on the blood of depositors FT Alphaville
• Super model The Economist
• Current Affairs: Kaufman on high frequency trading The Market Financial
• SEC’s New Jersey Fraud Case Seen as Harbinger in Muni Crackdown Bloomberg
• What Treasury’s thinking Reuters
• Regulators Who Look Like America The American Prospect
• Joseph Stieglitz - Needed: a new economic paradigm Financial Times
• Bond Dealers Want to Change Plan to Ban Advice on Muni Sales Bloomberg
• More Than Just Financial Reform: Analysis and Observations on the Dodd-Frank Act Jones, Day

August 18

• Wall Street Transparency & Accountability Act Introduces Extended Period of Regulatory Uncertainty Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
• Stop the market – the Fed wants to get off FT Alphaville
• Basel Committee Says Proposed Bank Rules to Have `Modest' Impact on Growth Bloomberg
• Assessing the macroeconomic impact of the transition to stronger capital and liquidity requirements Financial Stability Board and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
• Democrat Says Abolish Freddie, Fannie Reuters
• U.S. Treasury, Morgage-Lenders Seek to Keep Government Role in Housing Fix Bloomberg
• Mortgage Role for U.S. Is Affirmed New York Times
• Obama seeks new design for housing, Fannie/Freddie Reuters
• ANALYSIS-Social agenda true hurdle to US housing finance reform Reuters
• Banks Said to Face $134 Billion Loss on Refunds Bloomberg
• Biggest U.S. Banks May Face $180 Billion in Loan Repurchases, Fitch Says Bloomberg
• TBA Trading and Liquidity in the Agency MBS Market Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Banks Face Fight Over Mortgage-Loan Buybacks Wall Street Journal
• A new approach to financial regulation: judgement, focus and stability Her Majesty's Treasury
• Elizabeth Warren Meets With Wall Street Lobbyists Talking Points Memo
• Warren sits down with big bank lobbyists Washington Post
• Dodd Reverses Position, Suggests Warren May Not Be Qualified To Head Consumer Bureau Talking Points Memo
• Why Small Banks Are The Key To Recovery-Part 1 of 2 ZeroHedge
• Why Small Banks Are The Key To Recovery-Part 2 The Daily Capitalist
• Guest Post: Ghost Money ZeroHedge
• Agencies Issue ANPR on Alternatives to the Use of Credit Ratings in Capital Rules Goodwin Proctor
• Registered Public Offerings Of Debt Securities And The Use Of Credit Ratings Information Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
• Further Thoughts on My Treasury Meeting Credit Writedowns

August 17

• Conference on the Future of Housing Finance US Treasury
• Berkshire May Scale Back Derivative Sales After Dodd-Frank Bloomberg
• The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: The Triumph of Crony Capitalism (Final, Part 4) ZeroHedge
• Gross Says Broad-Scale Mortgage Refinancing Won't Have `Ghost of a Chance' Bloomberg
• Mortgage Bonds Slump on `Mega-Refi' Concern: Credit Markets Bloomberg
• Financial Regulatory Reform - Effects on Federal Thrift Institutions Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
• An Afternoon at the Treasury Credit Writedowns
• An Afternoon at the Treasury Marginal Revolution
• Profile of Elizabeth Warren Mostly Economics
• New York Fed Releases New Report, Web Page on Household Credit Conditions in U.S., Select States Showing Decline in Consumer Indebtedness Federal Reserve Bank of New York

August 16

• John Walsh Becomes Acting Comptroller of the Currency OCC
• Fed Releases Rules to Prevent Abuses by Originators Bloomberg
• Buy-back window for Trups opened BobsGuide
• Treasury Fixing Mortgage-Finance System Juggles Limitless Bailout, Economy Bloomberg
• Why GSE Reform Will Be a Challenge The American Prospect
• Financial Reform Expands SEC Enforcement Authority Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
• Financial Reform: Do You Have The Right Data To Ensure Compliance? Informatica
• Overdraft Protection Expires: No More Overdraft Fees Without Opting-In Huffington Post
• The Wall Street Reform Act: What You Need To Know Investopedia
• EC Proposes to Amend Directive on Supervision of "Financial Conglomerates" Alston & Bird
• SEC Proposes New Regulatory Scheme for 12b-1 Mutual Fund Fees Davis Polk Wardwell

August 15

• Basel III Liquidity Requirements Economics of Contempt
• Financial reform bodes well for TruPS Investment News
• Six Senators Issue Letter to SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro Requesting Enhanced Corporate Accounting Disclosure Alston & Bird

August 14

• In This Play, One Role Is Enough New York Times, August 14, 2010
• Banks gird for financial overhaul's ban on speculating with their own money Washington Post

August 13

• Alternatives to the Use of External Credit Ratings in the Regulations of the OCC Federal Register
• The New Swaps Regulatory Framework Under Dodd-Frank - Part 1 O'Melveny & Myers LLP
• The New Swaps Regulatory Framework Under Dodd-Frank - Part 2 O'Melveny & Myers LLP
• Elizabeth Warren, likely to head new consumer agency, provokes strong feelings Washington Post
• Elizabeth Warren Wins The Support Of Two More Senators Huffington Post
• Elizabeth Warren Hailed As 'The New Sheriff' In Music Video (VIDEO) Huffington Post
• Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Trouble A New Way Forward
• "A Sustainable Level of Bank Profits Appears to be About 1% of GDP" ZeroHedge
• Can We Regulate Systemic Risk? Project Syndicate
• Gordon Gekko Reborn Project Syndicate
• Regulators Try to Give Public a Peek at Whom They Talk To New York Times
• The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: The Triumph of Crony Capitalism (Part 2) ZeroHedge
• The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: The Triumph of Crony Capitalism (Part 3) The Daily Capitalist
• SEC, CFTC to Host August 20 Roundtable on Clearing and Listing of Swaps and Security-Based Swaps SEC and CFTC
• Ratings Reform: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Credit Risk Chronicles
• SIFMA Supports Flash Orders for Options Trading On Wall Street
• Banking Agencies Request Information on Alternatives to the Use of External Credit Ratings in Risk-Based Capital Rules Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

August 12

• Developments in the global regulatory system Tony D’Aloisio, Chairman, Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Watchdog: Foreign financial firms received $14B through AIG bailout The Hill
• Financial markets: Derivative dilemmas Financial Times
• Derivatives reform: now what? FT Alphaville
• CFTC Should Create Regulatory Group to Rule New Swaps Systems, Brokers Say Bloomberg
• Chris Dodd, Top Democrat, Fights Against Elizabeth Warren Huffington Post
• Market Fragmentation Shows High-Frequency Hazards, Say Invesco, Ameritrade Bloomberg
• Obama Administration Announces Panelists and Agenda for Conference on the Future of Housing Finance US Treasury
• Testing America’s Financial Stability Project Syndicate
• NY Fed Paper: Central Bank Loans Should Undercut Market Rates in Crises Wall Street Journal
• SEC enforcement division granted permanent subpoena powers Washington Post
• (MoneyTech) Data-feed arbitrage FT Alphaville
• The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: The Triumph of Crony Capitalism (Part 1) ZeroHedge
• Some Dodd-Frank Executive Compensation Action Items Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
• Financial Reform: Progress? Saltlaw

August 11

• The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Triumph of Crony Capitalism (Part 1) The Daily Capitalist
• Implementation of Financial Overhaul Gets Off to Rocky Start Wall Street Journal
• The New Swaps Regulatory Framework Under Dodd-Frank O'Melveny & Myers LLP
• Japan To Kick Out Ratings Agencies Bondview.com
• Plan To Cut Role Of Credit-Rating Agencies Advances National Public Radio
• Too Big Not to Fail New York Times
• Say Goodbye to Fannie and Freddie New York Times
• Many U.S. money funds were at risk during crisis, Moody's report says Washington Post
• Goldman Sachs could be largely unaffected by financial overhaul LA Times

August 10

• Assistant Treasury Secretary Barr Addresses Dodd-Frank Implementation Alston & Bird
• Federal Banking Agencies Issue Report to Congressional Committees on Differences in Accounting and Capital Standards Alston & Bird
• FDIC Takes Step Toward Cutting Use Of Credit Ratings AP
• Rating Performance and Agency Incentives of Structured Finance Transactions Credit Risk Profiles
• Egan Discusses Alternatives to Ratings in Capital Rules: Video Bloomberg
• Thomas Hoenig, Top Fed Official, Warns Fed Risks Repeating Past Mistakes Huffington Post
• Swaps Brokers `Getting Scared' of New Economics, Newedge's DeWaal Says Bloomberg
• The Economics of Credit Default Swaps (CDS) Credit Risk Chronicles

August 9

• The Murky Realm of (Derivatives) Clearing New Deal 2.0
• $100 Million Audit Trail System Proposed to SEC Securities Technology Monitor
• Regulators Plan First Steps on Credit Rating Wall Street Journal
• Systemic Regulator Risk: Does the Fed of New York Need a Haircut? Institutional Risk Analyst
• Gaming Volcker: work in progress FT Alphaville
• DeWaal Calls Rules `Game Changer' for Derivatives Market: Video Bloomberg
• Structured Notes Are Wall Street's `Next Bubble,' Whalen Says Bloomberg
• Auto-IRA bill formally proposed in Senate Investment News
• Schapiro: SEC is soliciting input on fiduciary issue Investment News
• AIG 'may need to raise capital to meet Dodd-Frank Act demands' BobsGuide
• DOL Issues Final Safe Harbor Rules for Employee Benefit Plan Contributions Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP

August 8

• Crash of 2015 Won't Wait for Regulators to Rein in Wall Street Bloomberg
• What Are We Going To Do About Liz Warren? The Moderate Voice

August 6

• Dodd-Frank, destruction and Buffett’s derivatives FT Alphaville
• ‘Capital requirements increase systemic risk.’ Discuss. FT Alphaville
• Props to ‘Ya: How Banks May Have Their Cake & Eat it Too With Proprietary Trading Post-Volcker Rule Stone Street Advisors
• Maloney, Frank Seek Meeting With Obama to Discuss Elizabeth Warren CFPB Nomination Fire Dog Lake
• The Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on Registered Investment Companies K&L Gates
• Bernanke's Mentor Diamond Rejected By Senate For Fed Board After Shelby Alleges Lack Of Inkjet Cartridge Qualifications ZeroHedge
• NYSE to Propose Amendments to Rule 452 to Comply With Dodd-Frank Act Alston and Bird
• Issuers object (again) to proposed RegAB changes FT Alphaville
• Bond Sellers, Mortgage Investors Seek Tougher Rules on Asset-Backed Debt Bloomberg
• Proprietary Traders May Find Hedge Fund Life Harder Reuters
• The AIG Bailout Scandal The Nation

August 5

• Agriculture and the Dodd-Frank Bill CFTC
• The Treasury’s Worrisome Position New York Times
• Goldman Sachs to Shift Principal Strategies Into a Fund Bloomberg
• Ref Data Industry Gears up for OFR Director Selection Process Inside Reference Data
• How Wall Street Can Win Huffington Post Investigative Fund
• On Elizabeth Warren, Financial Literacy and Complexity Rortybomb
• Franken, Progressive Groups Begin Whip Campaign For Elizabeth Warren Talking Points Memo
• Senior SEC Official Details Dodd-Frank Rulemaking Efforts, Particularly with CFTC On Derivatives CCH Derivatives Regulation Law Reporter
• Senators Introduce Legislation to Eliminate SEC FOIA Exemption ZeroHedge
• Rosner Discusses N.Y. Fed, Bad Loans Buy Back by Banks: Video Bloomberg
• Assessing reform impact on banks to take time -S&P Reuters
• US FDIC Looks at Alternatves to Credit Ratings For Cap Guidelines IMarketNews
• Lobby group warns stricter ABS regulations may hinder recovery Market Watch Blog
• Extraterritoriality After Dodd-Frank Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation

August 4

• Wall Street's Big Win Rolling Stone
• Remarks by Assistant Secretary Barr at the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce US Treasury
• Report to the Secretary of the Treasury from the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee US Treasury
• Dodd Says Elections May Leave New Derivatives Rules Vulnerable to Lobbying Bloomberg
• The Regulator Franchise, or the Alan Blinder Problem Huffington Post
• Securities Litigation and Enforcement: Get Prepared for Dodd-Frank Vinson & Elkins
• Risk Retention is Coming — What Will it Look Like? Kaye Scholer
• Jobs in the cards? Washington Post
• Hey Rube, Here's Why Your Lawmakers Ignored All Those Calls and Faxes Jesse's Cafe
• Securities and Exchange Commission Gets More Secretive Under FinReg OpenCongress
• Zero Hedge Is Delighted To Hear That Goldman Plans To Spin Off Its Prop Trading Desk ZeroHedge
• Dodd casts doubt on need to revisit SEC's power to withhold information under FOIA The Hill
• The Real Reason Banks Aren’t Lending Credit Writedowns
• US banks braced for slump in profits Financial Times
• Candy From Strangers: Exactly Who Is Buying All That Treasury Paper? The Daily Bail
• Sybase Report Predicts New Regulations Will Drive Additional Investment in Liquidity Risk Management Webwire
• Wirehouses vs. Independents: Who Stands to Gain from Reg Reform? Financial-Planning.com

August 3

• Minutes of the Meeting of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee US Treasury
• Elizabeth Warren Should Head New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 141 Professors Say Financial Fraud Law
• Bair Said to Rule Out Leading Consumer Agency Bloomberg
• Economists Spar on Effectiveness of U.S. Stimulus Response Bloomberg
• JPMorgan's Masters Urges No `Panic' as Commodities Unit Slips Bloomberg
• JPMorgan’s Masters Reassures as Commodities Unit Slips: Video Bloomberg
• More on overcoming the Volcker Rule FT Alphaville
• Ben Bernanke Cast in Godfather Remake Stock.ly
• Geithner Aims to Calm Wall Street on Finance Rules Reuters
• Firms Struggling to Implement Liquidity Risk Management Technology and Processes Wall Street and Tech
• S&P assigns BBB-plus rating to rival Moody's Reuters
• Putting Investors First New York Times

August 2

• Why not Elizabeth Warren? Fortune
• Secretary of Treasury Timothy F. Geithner Speech at New York University’s Stern School of Business US Treasury
• Welcome to the Recovery New York Times
• Defining Prosperity Down New York Times
• Financial Reform Keeps Law Firm Banking and Securities Practices Busy Law.com
• UBS Makes Push for U.S. Mortgages Wall Street Journal
• Dodd-Frank better suited than Sarbox for rooting out accounting fraud QFinance
• SEC Staff Clarifies Dodd-Frank Change to Accredited Investor Test Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation
• Key Senator Concerned About SEC-FOIA Provision in Dodd-Frank, SEC Chair Says Commission Will Provide Staff Guidance CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter
• Hearing Sought on Volcker Rule’s Effect on American Competitiveness Bank Digest
• US Treasury Projects A $13.9 Trillion Debt Balance At December 31 ZeroHedge
• Geithner Says Financial Oversight Council to Offer `Road Map' For Reform Bloomberg
• Alan Grayson Discusses His Expectations From The Upcoming One-Time Fed Audit ZeroHedge

August 1

• Pick Elizabeth Warren Newsweek
• Elizabeth Warren: An Okie in Washington riles Wall Street The Oklahoman
• Elizabeth Warren: My Mission Is to Restore America's Great Middle Class Alternet
• Consumer-Czar Candidate Waits in Wings Wall Street Journal
• How states nurture bubbles and strife Financial Times
• Initiative launched to overhaul global reporting standards Financial Times
• Why the Fed Isn't Doing More Economics of Contempt