SIFMA Resources

• SIFMA presentation to the SEC and CFTC Re: capital and margin requirements (April 28, 2011)
• Regulatory Reform Issue Database 
•  GFMA: Global Regulatory Reform Proposals 
• What are Credit Default Swaps (CDS) and Why Are They Important? 
• Frequently Asked Questions About CDS  
• Which Ideas Work for CDS? 

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Other Resources

Dodd-Frank Act 

• Dodd-Frank Act, Title VII (PDF)

Agency Proceedings 

• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Timeline for Dodd-Frank Rulemaking (September 9, 2011)
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): Posting of comments received with regard to SEC initiatives arising out of the Dodd-Frank Act, including Title VII (derivatives) (March 3, 2011)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): List of 30 areas where the CFTC is writing rules to implement the Dodd-Frank Act, with posting of all comments filed in each area 
• Financial Stability Board (FSB): Implementing OTC Derivatives Market Reforms, Report of the OTC Derivatives Working Group (October 2010)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Fact Sheet: Proposed Rules Further Defining “Swap Dealer,” “Major Swap Participant” and “Eligible Contract Participant” (December 1, 2010)

More Resources  

• Davis Polk: Dodd-Frank Resource Center 
• Davis Polk: Dodd-Frank Progress Report (May 2012)
• Davis Polk: Regulators Propose Swap Margin and Capital Rules (April 14, 2011)
• ISDA Primer: OTC Derivatives: Benefits to U.S. Companies (May 2009)
• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC): Data filed by all insured US commercial banks and trust companies; the latest report focuses on the key risk areas and the performance of OTC derivatives 
• International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): Summaries of Derivatives Market Survey Results Information on the use of derivatives around the world 
• Bank for International Settlements (BIS): Semiannual Global OTC Derivatives Statistics Notional market values on the size and structure of derivatives markets in the G10 countries and Switzerland  
• Securities Industry Association (SIA): Financial Innovation and Risk Management: An Introduction to Credit Derivatives (2004)