Proprietary trading by banking entities prohibited

Owning or sponsoring hedge funds, private equity funds banned

Market-making activities, risk-mitigating hedging and underwriting permitted

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements spelled out

Internal compliance program mandated

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The Dodd-Frank Act’s Volcker Rule would prohibit banking entities from engaging in
proprietary trading of securities, derivatives and certain other financial instruments for
the entity’s own account. The regulations have been jointly proposed by the SEC, Fed,
FDIC and ODC – but their growing complexity has created increasing confusion among
analysts, politicians, and bankers alike.

Download your complimentary copy of “Financial Regulators Propose Volcker Rule Implementation” to get key insights on the Volcker Rule in one brief report. Authored by James Hamilton, Principal Analyst at Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, this brief expands upon the highlights of the regulations, including: