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AFR in the News: Derivatives Vote Could Ignite Debate on Dodd-Frank Fixes
May 4, 2013 – 12:05 pm

Under H.R. 677, the CFTC loses its jurisdiction over inter-affiliate swaps, which are defined so loosely that, according to AFR’s Marcus Stanley, “the affiliates don’t even need to share majority ownership… That’s a big, whopping exemption.”

AFR Supports Increased Funding for the CFTC
April 26, 2013 – 5:21 pm

AFR sent a letter to members of Congress expressing strong support for President Obama’s proposal in the 2014 budget to increase funding for the CFTC.

AFR in the News: Regulatory Exemption for Swaps Deals Between Bank Affiliates
April 9, 2013 – 12:19 pm

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has decided to exempt so-called inter-affiliate swaps deals from its Dodd-Frank-mandated derivatives rules.

17,000 Call for No Offshore End-Run Around Derivatives Reform
March 21, 2013 – 12:36 pm

Public Citizen and Americans for Financial Reform today delivered petitions signed by more than 17,000 people calling on the CFTC to stand firm in applying derivative standards to all the dealings of U.S. banks and their overseas subsidiaries.

AFR Urges Full Funding for the CFTC
March 7, 2013 – 1:36 pm

AFR sent a letter to member of Congress urging them to support full funding for the CFTC. Funding the CFTC is vitally important to enabling it to do its job: protecting the US and global economy through effective oversight of some of the most critical and central areas of our financial markets.