Americans for Financial Reform

News Category: AFREF

News Release: Changes to Disclosures Will Increase Visibility in some Private Fund Activities

Washington, D.C. – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) expansions to the information collected by private funds over Form PF and Form CPO will provide both the agencies and the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) with greater visibility and early warning signs into portions of the $21 trillion private fund industry. 

News Release: Researchers Unveil Searchable Database of Top Private Equity Energy Portfolios

Washington, D.C. – Private Equity Climate Risks is launching the Private Equity Energy Tracker, the first-of-its-kind, searchable portal that provides a catalog of the energy holdings of eight of the top North American private equity firms: KKR, The Carlyle Group (NGP), Brookfield (Oaktree Capital), The Blackstone Group, TPG Capital, Warburg Pincus, Apollo Global Management, and Ares Management. Collectively, they hold around $4.3 trillion in assets under management (AUM). 

News Release: Action Need to Curb Private Equity Gambling with Life Insurance

The private equity push into the life insurance business demands a robust state and federal policy response to curb the emerging risks created when a notoriously predatory industry seeks control of the vast quantities of money generated by premium-paying policyholders, according to a new report from Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund.

News Release: New Effort Aims to Demystify Responsible Investing

WASHINGTON, DC – Amidst growing concerns over climate risks and the spread of corporate-financed disinformation campaigns around the use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investing, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) and Take On Wall Street launched: ESGexplainer.org. This website provides clear, accurate information on the importance of ESG investing for individual investments and overall portfolio health.