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Dodd-Frank architect Barney Frank blasts decision to overturn MetLife SIFI status

Barney Frank

The former House Financial Services committee chair criticized the ruling and said it could ultimately lead other institutions to try to overturn their SIFI status.

One of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law's chief architects Wednesday blasted a judge's recent order overturning MetLife Inc.'s status as a systemically important financial institution, saying it would be “very troubling” if an appellate court upheld the decision.
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