The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is an important element of Wall Street reform.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Normally the release of the Federal Reserve's Beige Book alone would give Wall Street plenty of material to obsess over, but on Wednesday there was the added element of a slew of scheduled comments by central bank officials.

FORBES: Magazine Article

One element, however, that is not a part of farce, is breaking the fourth wall.

WSJ: One Spring, Two Farces

If the regulators truly believe that the main element of their structural reforms, the separation of equity research from investment banking, will remove Wall Street's inherent conflicts of interest, they are mistaken.

ECONOMIST: The Wall Street settlement