Letters to Regulators Archives - Page 24 of 54 - Americans for Financial Reform

Letter to Regulators: Letter to the Department of Labor urging it to withdraw a proposal that would impose new burdens and costs on retirement plans.

AFREF submitted a letter to the Department of Labor urging it to withdraw a rule proposal that would impose onerous costs and process requirements on private sector retirement plans when deciding whether and how to vote on matters brought to a vote at public companies’ annual meetings. It will impose costs on retirement savers and undermine advances on corporations’ integration of environmental, social and governance factors, including those that have a material financial impact on long-term investment performance

Letters to Regulators: Joint Letter Opposing CFPB’s Seasoning Proposal

Letter to CFPB opposing seasoned mortgage proposal

Letter to Regulator: Letter to the SEC Cautioning Against Raising Quarterly Investor Reporting Thresholds by Thirty-Five Times

The Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund is strongly urging the SEC against raising the quarterly reporting requirements for institutional investors 35-fold that would take away up to 90% of the existing reporting that is vital to market participants and researchers alike.

Letters to Regulators: Joint Letter Asking CFPB to Rescind Guidance Allowing Credit Reporting Agencies to Ignore Statutory Deadlines

AFR joined our partners in calling on the CFPB to rescind its guidance allowing credit reporting agencies and furnishers to disregard statutory deadlines.

Letters to Regulators: Comments on FDIC RFI on standard setting for fintechs

AFREF and Demand Progress submitted comments to the FDIC on setting standards for fintech companies.

Letters to Regulators: Detailed Comments Opposing OCC True Lender Rule

AFR and our national partners submitted detailed comments opposing the OCC’s proposed true lender rule.

Letters to Regulators: Letter from 101 Groups Opposing OCC True Lender Proposed Rule

Letter from 101 groups opposing OCC’s true lender rule

Letter to Regulators: New “Electronic Trading Risk Principles” Are Inadequate

The AFR Education Fund wrote a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regarding its proposed new “Electronic Trading Risk Principles”. The letter faulted the principles-based approach as basically allowing Wall Street to regulate itself in this important area. A copy of the letter can

Letters to Regulators: Letter to CFPB on Urging In-Language Outreach to LEP Consumers Facing COVID-19 Hardship and Expansion of Language Access in Mortgage Origination and Servicing

Letter to CFPB urging focused outreach to LEP mortgage borrowers during COVID-19 and expanding language access in mortgage origination and servicing.

Letter to Regulator: Oppose Labor Department Retirement Advice Rulemaking Package

Together, these rules would put the retirement security of millions of American workers and retirees at risk by exposing them to conflicted retirement investment advice without adequate protections to limit the harmful impact of those conflicts of interest. We therefore urge you to withdraw the regulatory package in its entirety and to begin again on a rulemaking proposal that prioritizes protecting retirement savers from the toxic conflicts of interest that pervade the financial services industry.