AFR opposes a series of legislative proposals that have recently been approved by House committees, and, in some cases, by the full House of Representatives, and that seek to amend the federal securities laws in ways that would be harmful to investors. Some of the House proposals directly weaken regulatory oversight and threaten investor protection, while others seek to alter policy in a more subtle or incremental fashion.
Americans for Financial Reform submitted a statement for the record to the House Financial Services Committee in response to the Committee’s June 13 hearing on digital assets, entitled, “The Future of Digital Assets: Providing Clarity for the Digital Asset Ecosystem.”
AFREF, the AFL-CIO, Communications Workers of America, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, and Public Citizen submitted a comment letter in support of the SEC’s proposal to modernize beneficial ownership reporting in response to a new memorandum by the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis.
The Language Access Task Force of Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) submits the following comments in strong support of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Fair Lending Oversight and Equitable Housing Finance.
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund submitted a comment letter endorsed by The Greenlining Institute and Public Citizen, in response to the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)’s request for information on climate-related financial risk. The letter urges the NCUA to proceed with critical next steps to help credit unions monitor and manage their climate-related financial
AFREF joined Public Citizen in responding to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s request for comment on General Responsibilities of the Auditor in Conducting an Audit (AS 1000). We commended the PCAOB for proposing to extend an auditor’s evaluation of fairness in AS 2810 beyond “mere technical compliance with the applicable financial reporting framework,” to
