U.S. Office of Financial Research
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The Office of Financial Research is a new department within the U.S. Treasury Department established to help the Financial Stability Oversight Council identify systemic risk. [1] It was established under the Dodd-Frank regulatory reform bill enacted in 2010. It is currently being led by Lewis Alexander, a counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
In November of 2010, the Office of Financial Research announced its intention to establish a universal system for identifying financial firms and market transaction. [2]
