This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU"), dated as of May 16, 2012, is made and entered into by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Prudential Regulators, consisting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. (Collectively, the CFPB and the Prudential Regulators are referred to as "Agencies.") This MOU is intended to facilitate the fulfillment of the Agencies' responsibilities in a manner consistent with the provisions of sections

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The SEC Investor Advisory Committee will hold its inaugural meeting on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, in Multi-Purpose Room LL-006 at the Commission’s headquarters, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) and will be open to the public. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors will open at 9:30 a.m. Visitors will be subject to security checks. The meeting will be webcast on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. View announcement in full here (links externally to SEC website).

The CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler today released the following statement after the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies voted to cut the CFTC budget. "The result of the House bill is to effectively put the interests of Wall Street ahead of those of the American public by significantly underfunding the agency Congress tasked to oversee derivatives - the same complex financial instruments that helped contribute to the most significant economic downturn since the Great Depression. "The CFTC's hardworking staff is just

Financial Stability Board April 27, 2012 The Financial Stability Board has published a report describing the segments, operations and practices of securities financing market. The report forms part of the FSB's wider work on shadow banking, which is expected to culminate in the issuance of recommendation by the end of 2012.