AFR sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to oppose HR 1038. This legislation would make it easier for major dealers in the energy markets to avoid appropriate designation as swaps dealers, and would also remove important protections for public utilities in their swaps transactions.

Tell the House of Representatives to say No to HR 1256, a bill that would open the way to a dangerous new surge of Wall Street gambling.

AFR sent a letter and one pager regarding HR 1256, the “Swaps Jurisdiction Certainty Act” to members of Congress, urging them to oppose the bill. HR 1256 would severely undermine regulators ability to protect U.S. taxpayers from risks that arise from overseas derivatives trading.

AFR sent a letter to regulators emphasizing the lessons from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) report on the London Whale.

Citi’s recommendations influenced “more than 70 lines” of an 85-line bill. Two key paragraphs “were copied nearly word for word” from a draft prepared by Citi and two other large banks.