Making the Volcker Rule Work Wednesday, November 9th, 9:30 to 1:00 Location – Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902 Presented By: Americans for Financial Reform Volcker Rule Conference Agenda 9:30 – 10:00: Keynote Addresses Introduction by AFR Executive Director Lisa Donner 9:30 to 9:45:
Making the Volcker Rule Work Wednesday, November 9th, 9:30 to 1:00 Location – Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902 Presented By: Americans for Financial Reform Volcker Rule Conference Agenda 9:30 – 10:00: Keynote Addresses Introduction by AFR Executive Director Lisa Donner 9:30 to 9:45:
Making the Volcker Rule Work Wednesday, November 9th, 9:30 to 1:00 Location – Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902 Presented By: Americans for Financial Reform Volcker Rule Conference Agenda 9:30 – 10:00: Keynote Addresses Introduction by AFR Executive Director Lisa Donner 9:30 to 9:45:
AFR and Consumer Federation of America sent a letter to congress opposing weakening of Sarbanes-Oxley protections against accounting fraud.
Here is a compilation of all the press coverage AFR received around the release of the Volcker Rule proposal.
Global Standards Sought on Rules Victoria McGrane (WSJ – subscription required) September 16, 2011 “Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a letter Wednesday assured Congress that the Obama administration and federal regulators are working with their international counterparts to see they adopt similar rules requiring market
Dodd-Frank Can’t Be the End of the Story New Deal2.0 (Roosevelt Institute) July 21, 2011 ―One year after the passage of Dodd-Frank, Roosevelt Institute Fellow Mike Konczal invited experts and those on the front lines to weigh in on what‘s happened so far and what‘s
Regulators industry cozy up at conferences Laura Hautala (Politico) July 10, 2011 ―Want to talk to a Dodd-Frank rule writer? Try Las Vegas. Traveling to glitzy locales to meet with regulators responsible for ironing out the details of the new financial regulation law has been
For Mortgage Defaulters, More Loans for the Taking Annamaria Andriotis (Smart Money) June 1, 2011 “After years of turning down all but the best borrowers, banks and other lenders are now extending credit to a surprising group of customers: former homeowners who defaulted on their
AFR commented on the Federal Reserve’s proposed rule setting out risk-management standards for systemically significant financial market utilities. Examples of such entities would include major derivatives clearinghouses, key bank payment systems, and repo clearing banks. AFR’s letter urged an increase capital requirements for such entities, more specific risk management standards, and a requirement that key risk assessments be performed by impartial third parties.