AFR fights to change the expectations of what financial regulation must do, advance a bold agenda to take on Wall Street and corporate power, and shift scores of financial rules to better protect the public interest.
Search below to view our past congressional testimonies, letters to congress, amicus briefs, and letters to regulators.
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Letters to the Regulators: AFREF Opposes S&P Indexing Rule Changes Poised to Harm Retirement Savers
The proposed changes would shift index investing — long considered a safe, conservative investment strategy — in the direction of greater risk, posing questions for fiduciaries about the appropriateness of index fund investments for retirement savers and for regulators about how index providers should be regulated.
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Tell the Department of Labor: Stop Private Equity and Crypto Scammers from Gambling with Workers’ Retirement Savings
→ Take Action : Tell the Department of Labor: Stop Private Equity and Crypto Scammers from Gambling with Workers’ Retirement SavingsThe Department of Labor has proposed a rule that would allow private equity firms and cryptocurrency investments into defined contribution retirement plans like 401(k)s. That means some of the riskiest, least transparent financial products in the market could soon be packaged as prudent retirement investments for workers across the country. Private equity firms have a well-documented…
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