Speeches and Remarks Archives - Americans for Financial Reform

Remarks: Written Remarks Regarding Digital Assets Policy Frameworks – Areas for MRAC Review

AFREF and Demand Progress Education Fund attended a meeting of the Market Risk Advisory Committee for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. There, AFREF/DPEF staff gave remarks on digital assets, including recommendations to the Committee regarding research and analysis into proper regulatory oversight of the digital assets sector. Recommendations included research into cybersecurity risks associated with crypto platforms and crypto derivatives, as well as a review of due diligence processes conducted by the CFTC and other regulators when CFTC registered entities involved in digital assets are acquired by another firm.

Testimony: Elyse Hicks, AFREF’s Consumer Policy Counsel, Testifies at ED’s Negotiated Rulemaking

AFREF’s Consumer Policy Counsel Elyse Hicks testified at the Education Department’s negotiated rulemaking.

INTERVIEW SERIES: What to expect from the private equity industry in the COVID-19 Crisis

As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds we are seeing major shifts in all areas of the economy. In a series of interviews we ask experts what they are seeing from the private equity industry and what they expect moving forward.

Speeches and Remarks: Remarks by Policy Director Marcus Stanley re derivatives clearing at CFTC Market Risk Advisory Committee

Additional information about this meeting is available here.