“The Libor bid-rigging scandal is poised to more than double the losses suffered by U.S. states and localities that bought $500 billion in interest-rate swaps before the financial crisis,” according to Bloomberg News (Oct. 9). “Manipulation of the London interbank offered rate cost issuers in
In a telephone press conference co-hosted by Americans for Financial Reform, investor advocates and the president of a state securities regulators’ group sharply criticized the SEC’s proposed rule to permit the mass marketing of private stock offerings. The four speakers were united in asking the
In a press-teleconference this afternoon, Arkansas State Securities Commissioner Heath Abshure, who is also president of the North American Securities Administrators Association, joined three investor advocates in sharply criticizing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s first JOBS Act rulemaking – one that allows the mass marketing
AFR joined more than 35 organizations in signing onto a comment letter regarding the CFPB’s servicing standards proposal.
AFR submitted a comment letter to the CFPB regarding their servicing standards proposal.
In a joint comment letter submitted today to the Securities and Exchange Commission, AFR and AFL-CIO expressed strong opposition to the agency’s proposed rule lifting the ban on general solicitation and advertising in private offerings. The groups called on the SEC to withdraw the rule proposal and issue a new rule incorporating reasonable safeguards to protect investors and promote market integrity.
“In a sane world, high-frequency trading would be a minor specialty at best,” says a 9/27 editorial. “But in the bizarro world that Wall Street has become, such activity now makes up the majority of all trades…” With the SEC preparing to hold a hearing
Advisor One covered AFR’s strong support for a retail investor fiduciary duty in a recent Cato Institute event.
The Bond Buyer devoted an article to AFR and affiliated groups letter of opposition to HR 2827, which would roll back Dodd-Frank protections for taxpayers in municipal finance. An excerpt: Seven groups, led by Americans for Financial Reform, urged lawmakers to vote “no” to H.R.
More than 100 members of Congress have communicated with the Federal Reserve and other regulators about the yet-to-be-finalized Volcker Rule, which is supposed to restrain banks from making risky trades or investing in hedge funds. “The Fed, like all regulators, provides feedback to lawmakers,” Ben