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Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, joined by 10 signatories, submitted a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission strongly endorsing the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s (PCAOB) proposed standards. The standards would require firms to disclose standardized and comparable metrics that facilitate cross-firm comparisons and assessments of audit quality, providing critical data for investors to make informed decisions. The letter highlights that requiring consistent and comparative metrics will reduce opportunistic disclosures, simplify audit committee oversight, and foster a data-driven approach to regulation and audit quality.