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Debating Dodd-Frank: What’s in a Name?
March 16, 2011 – 9:51 am

By Arielle Bikard / Compliance Week
One witness on the panel testifying before Congress, however, had some tart objections to all of the bills. Damon Silvers, policy director at the Federation of labor organizations …

AFR Statement on Subcommittee on Financial Institutions & Consumer Credit Hearing
March 16, 2011 – 9:25 am

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations working together for strong financial reform, issued the following statement today:
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was created …

AFR Statement on Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Hearing
March 16, 2011 – 9:22 am

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform (AFR), a coalition of more than 250 national and state organizations working together for strong financial reform, issued the following statement:
Damon Silvers, Policy Director and Special Counsel at …

Regulating Wall Street: Exploring the Political Economy of the Possible
March 13, 2011 – 2:56 pm

Read the study here.

Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies
March 10, 2011 – 10:52 am

Read the pdf of our letter here.
 
February 25th, 2011
The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner
Chairperson
Financial Stability Oversight Council
c/o Lance Auer
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington DC 20220
Re: 12 CFR Part 1310/ RIN 4030-AA00 Authority To Require Supervision and Regulation …

CFTC Requirements for Swap Execution Facilities
March 9, 2011 – 10:06 am

Read the pdf of our letter here.
 
March 8th, 2011
Mr. David A. Stawick
Secretary Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Three Lafayette Center
1155 21st Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20581

Re: RIN Number 3038–AD18; Core Principles and Other Requirements for Swap Execution …