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AFR Press Statement: President Obama’s Recess Appointment of Richard Cordray
January 4, 2012 – 11:02 am | Comments Off

Consumers won today when President Obama defied Wall Street interests to make a recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. President Obama stood with consumers and families in making this crucial decision.

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Elizabeth Warren‘s Summer Grilling
July 14, 2011 – 3:12 pm

Elizabeth Warren‘s Summer Grilling
Gary Rivlin (The Daily Beast)
July 14, 2011
―Summer is the season of reruns, so anyone tuning in this morning to watch the latest appearance of Elizabeth Warren on Capitol Hill can be forgiven …

AFR Prudential Regulators Comment Letter
July 13, 2011 – 12:39 pm

The prudential regulators’ proposed rules on margin and capital requirements must be strengthened. There are several areas which could be improved upon, particularly the calculation and collection of margin must be improved. The suggested revisions would further help to reduce systemic risk in swaps transactions, which is the ultimate goal of the measures.

AFR to CFTC: Margin and Capital Requirements Comment
July 13, 2011 – 12:36 pm

The CFTC’s proposed rules on margin and capital requirements must be substantially strengthened. Specifically, the process of collecting margin must be generally improved, both in terms of quantity and quality required. The suggested revisions would not only improve the overall effectiveness of the rules, but also the fairness, as the proposed rules seems to favor swap dealers.

AFR to Senate: Oppose H.R. 1062
July 13, 2011 – 11:45 am

Read our letter urging the Senate to oppose the “Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act”, H.R. 1062, which would protect overpaid CEOs from embarrassment by allowing them to hide shameful pay disparities within companies.

Report says speculation accounts for 83 cents per gallon of gasoline prices
July 12, 2011 – 3:18 pm

Report says speculation accounts for 83 cents per gallon of gasoline prices
Olivia Kabat (WMNF – FL)
July 12, 2011
―Those high gasoline prices you’re paying at the pump may have a lot to do with Wall Street …

Dodd-Frank Act Forcing Banks to Slim Down, Reshape Swaps: One Year Later
July 11, 2011 – 2:33 pm

Dodd-Frank Act Forcing Banks to Slim Down, Reshape Swaps: One Year Later
Clea Benson and Phil Mattingly (Bloomberg)
July 11, 2011
―Jamie Dimon keeps a tally of the ways Wall Street already has been affected by the largest …