Are SEC’s proposed credit-rating agency rules ‘toothless’?
Alison Frankel (Thompson Reuters)
May 18, 2011
“In the aftermath of the economic meltdown, the credit rating agencies have evaded liability as successfully as Superman dodges speeding bullets. Just a handful …

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May 13, 2011
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AFR Statement on Mark-ups of H.R.1315, H.R. 1121, and H.R. 1667
Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of more than 250 national and …

Causing a furor before it exists
James Lardner (Remapping Debate)
May 12, 2011
“With the passage of last year’s Dodd-Frank reform law, the 111th Congress called for the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Now, two months …

AFR Executive Director, Lisa Donner was interviewed by the BBC – click here to watch the story.
12 May 2011 Last updated at 06:24 ET

Time to get tougher on the big banks, that is what …

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Read our letter to Congress urging members to oppose H.R. 1573, a bill that would both delay implementation of the derivatives reforms in Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act and introduce possible new exemptions to those reforms