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Witnesses testified on the implementation process of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, focusing on speculative trading in metals commodities and limits on the number of tra…

Financial markets regulators and Wall Street brokerage firm CEOs testified on the causes of the May 6, 2010 stock market “flash crash” in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearl…

The Financial Stability Oversight Council held its second meeting for an update on mortgage servicing, foreclosure issues and votes on several matters related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street R…

At its first meeting, the Financial Stability Oversight Council moved forward with a measure that would restrict banks from certain kinds of high-risk trading and rules meant to make financi…

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and other top financial regulators testified on the implementation of the new financial regulation bill. They said their agencies would work toge…

Gary Gensler spoke about derivatives trading and his perspective as one of the primary regulators in charge of implementing the derivatives title included in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Refor…

Financial industry regulators talked about efforts to prevent another stock market free fall such as the May 6th, 2010, midday drop. The market dropped more than 1000 points in less than a h…

Following opening remarks from Gary Gensler and Mary Schapiro, financial industry executives talked about what can be done to prevent another stock market freefall such as the May 6th, 2010,…

Current and former regulators testified on the causes and consequences and role of derivatives in the 2008 financial crisis. Among the topics they addressed were the causes of the crisis, un…

Officials testified on the causes and lessons learned from the May 6, 2010, stock market plunge. Among the issues they addressed were whether companies might have violated a legal duty to co…

Witnesses testified about a 1000 point stock market drop on May 6, 2010. SEC Chairperson Mary Schapiro and other government regulators testified about proposed changes to the system of “circ…

Gary Gensler and Mary Shapiro testified about their agencies' fiscal year 2011 budget requests. They also talked about proposed financial services regulations, and how the proposals would af…

The Senate Agriculture Committee met to mark up legislation to regulate the $450 trillion dollar derivatives market. The measure passed with only Iowa Republican Charles Grassley voting for …