Early this morning, the House-Senate Conference on the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 (the “Act”) agreed on the final legislative text of the Act, including Section 619 (the “Volcker Rule”). The Volcker Rule is a revised version of an amendment introduced by Senators Merkley (D–OR) and Levin (D–MI) in the final stages of the Senate debate, and takes the form of new Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and new Section 27B of the Securities Act of 1933.

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