Federal Reserve System August 2, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Board is publishing a final rule, Regulation HH, Designated Financial Market Utilities. This rule implements provisions of sections 805(a) and 806(e) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act'' or ``Act''), including risk-management standards for financial market utilities (``FMUs'') that are designated as systemically important by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (the ``Council'') and standards for determining when a designated FMU is required to provide advance notice of proposed changes to its rules, procedures, or operations that could materially affect the nature or level of risks presented by the designated FMU.