Derivatives Regulation: What’s Next?




Policy Perspectives show

Summary: One year after the passage of the Dodd–Frank financial overhaul that ordered a crackdown on the $600 trillion derivatives market, regulators have not been able to meet the deadline for translating legislation into specifics. Investors, the banking industry, special interest groups, and members of Congress have been vocal about changes to the derivatives rules, which prompted the CFTC to propose delaying some of the rules until as late as the end of 2011. The participants on this call discuss some of the lingering questions about what’s next for derivatives regulation.