European banks try to get around Dodd-Frank

By Stephen Gandel, senior editor at CNN Fortune

For foreign banks, Dodd-Frank might have an escape hatch.

FORTUNE -- Foreign banks may have come up with a way to remain eligible for U.S. bailouts without having to follow some of the pesky rules that came out of the financial crisis, rules that were meant to prevent…

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Dodd-Frank position limits delayed again
by Alison Burke at CFTCLaw
The CFTC has postponed another meeting, pushing back a final vote on position limits until October 18th. The Commission was scheduled to meet on September 22nd, and then again on October 4th, to finalize a Dodd-Frank rule-making, but in recent weeks signs of internal strife have leaked into the public eye.

Regulators battle the odds on Dodd-Frank

By Shanny Basar at Financial News

On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in a move that would change the face of the securities industry.

It would cover most of the biggest issues in financial markets,… Continue

Hi everyone

I asked Elan Mendel and Felix Shipkevich at Shipkevich Law to shed some light from the legal point of view about the polemich issue of the Dodd-Frank rules really going to outlaw retail gold, silver trading

This is what they have just sent me.

Thanks Elan and…

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A Forex.com overreaction? or outlaw retail gold and silver trading is around the corner?

Francesc



Dodd-Frank rules outlaw retail gold, silver trading?

by MarketWatch

Forex.com has reportedly warned clients they will no longer be allowed to trade over-the-counter precious metals, including gold and silver under Dodd-Frank… Continue

CFTC proposes temporary relief from Dodd-Frank

by Elan Mendel at CFTC Law

UPDATE: The CFTC has released the Category 1 list showing the areas which require rule-makings. Rules in these areas will not become effective until the rules are finalized. Each final rule will come…

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New FX Rules Will Cost Everyone More - Deutsche Bank Analyst

By Chana R. Schoenberger Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

- Dodd-Frank, other regional rules will drive up costs of FX trading

- Capital charges mean even exempt end-users, like companies, will pay more to… Continue

Is Dodd Frank already doomed to fail?

Sebastian Walsh at Financial News

The Dodd Frank Act does not boast many friends in the financial industry. It does not take much asking around to find a banker who believes that its architects – senators Chris Dodd and Barney Frank – have contributed to many firms’ marked difficulties in reaching return on equity… Continue