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What is the key US legislation affecting derivatives?

Following the 2008 financial crisis, the G20 group of countries reached an agreement to increase transparency and promote market integrity in the US banking system which led to the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act) in 2010. Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act provides a framework for the regulation of swap markets ...

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