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what type of implications did the Dodd-Frank act have on wall-street? Be specific please. The answer must at least be a page.
Dodd Frank Act: This law was passed with the intention to
protect the consumers of financial institutions and regulate the
securities market .This law was passed after the recession of 2008
with the aim to protect too big to fall banks. This also made a
clear demarcation between the activities of commercial banks and
investment banks. It sought to regulate the mortgage and CDS market
which were responsible for the recession in 2008.
Implications on Wall Street
It helped in scrutinizing any financial anomalies or
misreporting by public companies. It also emphasised on whistle
blower protection.These laws are important to prevent recession and
minimize its effects to investors by taking proactive steps like
auditing and encouraging reporting of malpractices. Hence share
prices were not impacted by insider trading and other
malpractices
Insider trading means using information which is not available in
the public and using it to make large transactions at the expense
of other investors. Insider trading are carried by employees of a
company or their relatives who have information which are sensitive
and use it to carry out trading in the stock market .
It is prohibited because it causes huge losses to other investors
and its is unfair to them as the transactions are done before they
receive any information.
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