View or download a PDF of the brief here The Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund filed an amicus brief in the 5th Circuit supporting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) private fund advisers rulemaking that would have provided investors with critical and detailed information about the fees, expenses, returns, and other investor arrangements (“side
View or download a PDF of the letter here. AFREF along with other members of the Save Our Retirement Coalition led a letter in support of the Department of Labor’s Retirement Security Proposal, which would strengthen protections for retirement investors who week professional investment advice. The Department’s proposed rule would ensure that all investment professionals
View or download a PDF of the letter here Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund led 25 organizations in signing on to a letter calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to finalize and strengthen a proposed rule that would address a number of long-standing racial equity issues, make it easier for consumers to
View or download a PDF of the letters here: Fed, FDIC, OCC Long-Term Debt Requirements Fed, FDIC Guidance for Resolution Plan Submissions FDIC, Resolution Plans for Insured Depository Institutions AFREF submitted comments supporting proposals from the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which would strengthen
The Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF), the Institute for Policy Studies, Jobs to Move America, Communications Workers of America, United for Respect, and Take on Wall Street wrote a comment letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to recommend it be made explicit – in guidance accompanying the final rule – that local and state officials may take responsible action to consider stock buyback expenditures, exorbitant CEO pay, and private equity-driven leveraged buyouts and drastic cost-cutting when awarding federal funds.
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund submitted a comment letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its approval, without delay, of the Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) final proposed “Climate-Related Financial Risk Data Collection for U.S. Homeowners Multi-Peril Underwriting Data” (“data collection” or “data call”) from top nationwide homeowners