Americans for Financial Reform

Government Category: Advocacy Documents

Statement: Cheering the 15-Year Track Record of Dodd-Frank Act

Full statement here Americans for Financial Reform appreciates the opportunity to provide a Statement for the Record for the House Financial Services Committee hearing on “Dodd-Frank Turns 15: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead.” The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) was put in place to address the massive, systemic failures that

Letter to Congress: Coalition Letter in Opposition to the CLARITY Act

View or download a full version of the PDF letter here. The 82 investor, consumer, and other advocacy organizations undersigned below write to expressour opposition to the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633). This bill creates a weak regulatory structure forcrypto assets, actors, and activities that effectively deregulates much of the crypto sector, either bytotally exempting many

Letters to International Standard Setters: ISSB Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure

Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund organized and submitted a letter signed by 16 organizations to the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). The letter pushes back on proposed amendments to the ISSB’s global greenhouse gas emissions disclosure framework that would exclude GHG emissions disclosure from insurance underwriting, investment banking, and derivatives activities. If ISSB finalizes