Which of the following policy measures required the SEC to prevent issuers of asset-backed securities from choosing the credit-rating agencies that will give them the highest rating and supported earlier initiatives by the SEC?

A) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
B) Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
C) Global Legal Settlement of 2002
D) Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999
E) Riegle-Neal Act of 1994

A

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