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Press Briefing: Senator Jeff Merkley Joins Barney Frank and Public-Interest Advocates in Decrying Dodd-Frank Rollback Threat

In a telephone press briefing, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and former Representative Barney Frank, co-author of the landmark 2010 financial reform law, outlined the dangers of a House spending-bill provision that would repeal an important piece of the Dodd-Frank Act. They were joined by Damon A. Silvers, director of policy and special counsel for the AFL-CIO; Nancy Zirkin, executive vice president of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; and Lisa Donner, executive director of Americans for Financial Reform.

Conference: Managing the Economy – The Federal Reserve, Wall Street and Main Street

This conference, co-sponsored by Americans for Financial Reform, the Economic Policy Institute and the Roosevelt Institute, featured keynote speeches by Senator Elizabeth Warren and economist and N.Y. Times columnist Paul Krugman.

Explore the Regulatory Frontier of Shadow Banking, with Bair, Tarullo, Lawsky & Others

Commercial banks – the traditional focus of financial regulation – no longer stand at the center of the financial system. Broker-dealers, money market funds, asset managers, and insurance companies have become key actors, with the potential to shake the stability of the whole economy. Join prominent experts, reform advocates, and regulators for a discussion of the “shadow banking” system of market-mediated credit and the steps needed to integrate it into a safer and more sustainable financial system.

An Unfinished Mission: Making Wall Street Work for All of Us

“We should not accept a financial system that allows the biggest banks to emerge from a crisis in record-setting shape while working Americans continue to struggle.” – Senator Elizabeth Warren speaking at the launch event for a new AFR/Roosevelt Institute report on the state of financial reform.

Delayed, Diluted, and Defunct: Oct. 25th Briefing on the Broken Regulatory Process

The safety of the food we eat, the air we breathe, the cars we drive — Congress enacted landmark laws to tackle these threats to the public. Yet today, many of the rules required to execute these laws have been delayed and/or weakened under

Capitol Hill Briefing: Restoring Investor Rights

The use of mandatory arbitration in disputes between investors, on the one hand, and brokers or other investment professionals, on the other. Hosted by Americans for Financial Reform, North American Securities Administrators Association and Public Citizen

“Financial Justice”: Senators Warren and Merkley Join Co-authors of a New Book about the AFR Coalition

While many books have been written about the financial crisis of 2008 and the political response, this is the only account told from the perspective of the broad-based citizens’ advocacy coalition formed under the umbrella of Americans for Financial Reform.

“Opening Wall Street’s Black Box” – Pathways to Improved Financial Transparency

After the 2008 crisis, it became clear that regulators and many sophisticated market participants had been kept in the dark about major risks and exposures in our financial system. On October 11, 2013, AFR and Georgetown Law Center co-hosted this half-day conference on the progress made – and the work that remains to be done – toward meaningful transparency on Wall Street.

Protecting Retirement Savings: The Case for Modernizing Advice

In today’s workplaces, retirement-fund advice typically comes from broker-dealers who are free to put their own financial interests ahead of the interests of employees. Because they often do, many workers make investment decisions that cost them tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars over

Back to Basics: Remaking the Financial Sector To Work for Main Street – July 18 Forum

A Policy Forum on the Small-Business Stake in Big-Bank Reform Five years after the 2008 crisis, the financial world remains dominated by a half dozen megabanks which continue to engage in speculative activities for their own enrichment, even as they enjoy the benefits of