Subject: Pre-Dispute Arbitration: Title IX Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

June 4, 2015

On May 27, 2015, I published an article on WealthManagement.com entitled, Why Banning Mandatory Securities Arbitration Would be a Mistake.  Here is a link to the article: http://wealthmanagement.com/commentary/op-ed-why-banning-mandatory-securities-arbitration-would-be-mistake and below is the text of the article.  Please add this article to the public comments requested by the SEC on section 921 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

[Copyrighted material redacted. Author cites:
Carroll, Kevin. "Op-Ed: Why Banning Mandatory Securities Arbitration Would Be a Mistake." Op-Ed: Why Banning Mandatory Securities Arbitration Would Be a Mistake. WealthManagement.com, n.d. Web. 27 May 2015. <http://wealthmanagement.com/commentary/op-ed-why-banning-mandatory-securities-arbitration-would-be-mistake>]

Kevin Carroll
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel

SIFMA
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

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