Fact Sheet on CFTC Funding
Increased funding of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is a crucial piece of Wall Street reform. Here’s why.
Category Archives: Fact Sheets and Reports
Dangerous Liaisons: POGO Report Examines the SEC’s Revolving Door
View or download PDF. “Former employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) routinely help corporations try to influence SEC rulemaking, counter the agency’s investigations of suspected wrongdoing, soften the blow of SEC enforcement actions, block shareholder proposals, and win exemptions from federal law.”
At a Crossroads: Lessons from HAMP
A new report from the National Consumer Law Center analyzes the record of the government’s main mortgage modification initiative, and where we go from here.
HR 2827 & S 3620 – Municipalities & Taxpayers Beware!
The Dodd-Frank Act sought to protect municipalities and taxpayers against exploitative Wall Street financing deals. Now there are moves afoot to take back some of that promised protection.
WHERE THEY STAND ON FINANCIAL REFORM: Votes Cast and Measures Proposed in the 112th Congress
This new report (from the AFR Activism Fund) tracks a stream of efforts by members of the current Congress to undermine one of the major acts of the last Congress: the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. Since Dodd-Frank, Wall Street interests have lobbied to roll back
Cost of the Crisis: Taking Stock on the Fourth Anniversary of the Financial Meltdown
Four years after the Lehman collapse, a new AFR Briefing Paper surveys the damage .
AFR Briefing Memo: The Volcker Rule and Market Liquidity
The Volcker Rule and Market Liquidity The Volcker Rule will restrict banks’ ability to speculate in financial markets. Recently, critics of the rule have claimed that it will lead to declines in market liquidity that will have serious economic effects. A new industry-funded study from