Conference Call Advisory

Organizations Call for Strong “Volcker Rule” to Reform Wall Street Speculation

Experts Discussed Rule Tuesday, February 14 at 2:00 PM EST

Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform, Public Citizen, and Occupy the SEC hosted a conference call with reporters and bloggers Tuesday, February 14th at 2:00 PM EST to discuss the importance of the “Volcker Rule” and calling on the regulators to draft an effective final rule, and to resist industry’s efforts to defend a status quo that serves Wall Street special interests and puts the public at risk.

Click here to view the comment letter from AFR, AFL-CIO and U.S. PIRG.

Click here to view the comment letter from Occupy the SEC.

Note: The views expressed in the comment letters are those of the organizations that wrote them.

WHO:

Lisa Donner and Marcus Stanley, Americans for Financial Reform

Bartlett Naylor, Public Citizen

Wallace Turbeville, Consultant and former Goldman Sachs executive

Working Group Members of ‘Occupy the SEC’ – Alexis Goldstein, Akshat Tewary, Caitlin Kline, Eric Taylor, and Elizabeth Friedrich

WHEN:

Tuesday, February 14th at 2:00 PM EST

Playback Instructions:

The call lasted about 20 minutes.

Playback number: 530-881-1099
Access Code: 842640#

Ignore the prompt about a reference number and simply hit “#” to listen to latest recording. Hit “1” to rewind 30 seconds, “2” to fast forward 30 seconds and “5” to pause/resume playback.  Fast forward two minutes to when the call starts.