By: Steven M. Kaplan, Sean P. Mahoney, Anthony R.G. Nolan
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act” or the “Act”) constitutes the most sweeping financial reform package since the 1930s. Title IX of the Dodd-Frank Act (“Title IX”), entitled the “Investor Protection and Securities Reform Act of 2010” enacts a grab bag of substantial changes to capital markets regulation and practices in the hope of putting back in their bottles the twin genies of moral hazard and lax regulation that are widely viewed as the tinder that sparked the great credit conflagration of 2008. Subtitle D of Title IX, entitled “Improvements to the Asset-Backed Securitization Process” (“Subtitle D”), has been of particular interest to capital markets participants both because practices in securitization markets are widely credited with contributing uniquely to the credit crisis and because of the sense of many that the resuscitation of robust securitization markets is one of the key predicates to an economic recovery.
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This client alert is part of a series of alerts focused on monitoring financial regulatory reform. Below is a list of other alerts in the series:
Dodd-Frank Act Includes Immediate Change to “Accredited Investor”
Definition for Natural Persons - July 21, 2010
A New Era: Depository Institutions and Their Holding Companies Face a Deluge of Regulatory Changes - July 20, 2010
HVCC's Sunset and Other Appraisal Reforms on the Horizon - July 19, 2010
The Resolution of Systemically Important Nonbank Financial Companies… Will It Work? - July 16, 2010
Loan Servicing Déjà Vu - July 14, 2010
Financial Regulatory Reform Increases Federal Involvement in Insurance - July 13, 2010
Preemption for National Banks and Federal Thrifts After Dodd-Frank: Answers to the Ten Most Asked Questions - July 9, 2010
Increased Regulation of U.S. and Non-U.S. Private Fund Advisers Under the Dodd-Frank Act - July 9, 2010
Hope You Like Plain Vanilla! Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (Title XIV) - July 8, 2010
Consumer Financial Services Industry, Meet Your New Regulator - July 7, 2010
New Executive Compensation and Governance Requirements in Financial Reform Legislation - July 7, 2010
Financial Regulatory Reform - The Next Chapter: Unprecedented Rulemaking and Congressional Activity - July 7, 2010
Investor Protection Provisions of Dodd-Frank - July 1, 2010
Senate Financial Reform Bill Would Dramatically Step Up Regulation of U.S. and Non-U.S. Private Fund Advisers - June 8, 2010
Approaching the Home Stretch: Senate Passes “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010” - June 8, 2010
