Life on Wall Street After Dodd-Frank

July 2015 marked five years since President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank bill into law.  We would like to acknowledge the anniversary by taking an objective look into the impacts of the mandate forged in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis in an effort to reform the financial services industry.  Here, we outline the major objectives of Dodd-Frank and some of its impact to date, as well as highlight how MCG can help your firm fine-tune its strategy to meet regulatory requirements.

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A Monticello Consulting Case Study for Improving Data Quality, a Regulatory Reporting Mandate

For over three years, Monticello Consulting has been actively engaged in the swaps industry, partnering with our swap dealer clients to remediate data quality issues and to improve the acknowledgement rates for the trades associated with real-time reporting. See how we helped one client build a suite of tactical tools to solve these issues.

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Implementing Dodd-Frank and EMIR Regulations for OTC Swap Market Participants

Regulatory changes impacting the OTC derivatives markets, as introduced by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in the United States and the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) in Europe, are reshaping the way dealers and end-users leverage these instruments for risk hedging and trading activities. Take a look at some of the impacts here.

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SEF Strategy Assessments & Implementation for Swap Dealers

Monticello Consulting conducted a preliminary SEF strategy and impact assessments for a major bank’s credit, rates, foreign exchange, commodities, and equities trading operations. This effort assisted our client in formulating a strategy for adapting existing trading platforms to comply with the new SEF rules for executing swap trades on these new centralized order books. 

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