On March 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission will hold an open meeting to discuss, among other matters, whether to propose rules to implement Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Section 956 requires that not later than nine months after enactment, the appropriate federal regulators jointly shall adopt regulations requiring "covered financial institutions" (as described below) with assets of $1 billion or greater to disclose incentive compensation to their appropriate federal regulator. Disclosure is required of all incentive-based compensation arrangements in sufficient detail for the regulator to determine if the arrangement with the executive officer, employee, director or principal shareholder is excessive or could lead to a material financial loss. Within the same time frame, federal regulators are also required to jointly prescribe regulations to prohibit any type of incentive-based compensation by "covered financial institutions" with assets of $1 billion or greater that is excessive or could lead to material financial loss. Covered financial institutions include depository institutions, depository institution holding companies, credit unions, registered broker-dealers and registered investment advisers.
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