This Week in Wall Street Reform
Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – December 10, 2011 – December 16, 2011. Note: This Week in Wall Street Reform will not be complied again until January 6, 2012.
Tag Archives: Derivatives
This Week in Wall Street Reform
Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – December 3, 2011 – December 9, 2011.
AFR in the News: Consumer groups warn about weakening financial regulations
“A team of consumer groups warned Tuesday that lobbying by Wall Street could weaken proposed regulations designed to guard against the kind of abusive investment practices that crushed the Bethlehem Area School District in recent years. Speaking at a teleconference, representatives of the Consumer Federation of America, the AFL-CIO, Americans for Financial Reform and Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner said well-financed lobbies are working to disarm regulations initially designed to rein them in.”
This Week in Wall Street Reform
Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – November 25, 2011 – December 2, 2011.
Coalition Press Advisory: House to Vote on Major Deregulation Bills That Would Pose a Serious Threat to Public Safety
As early as today, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the “Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) of 2011” (H.R. 3010) and the “Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act” (H.R. 527). The “Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2011” (H.R. 10) is expected to come to the House floor for a vote early next week. All three of these bills attempt to grind the rulemaking process to a halt, thereby placing corporate interests ahead of public health, safety, environmental protection and a secure economy.
AFR Letter: Oppose Legislation that Would Weaken Derivatives Regulations
AFR sent a letter to members of Congress opposing three pieces of legislation that would weaken derivatives regulations set in place by Dodd-Frank.
This Week in Wall Street Reform
Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – November 11, 2011 – November 18, 2011. Note: TWiWSR will not be compiled next week – see you December 2nd.
This Week in Wall Street Reform
Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – November 5, 2011 – November 10, 2011.
AFR Signs on to Letter: Fully Fund the CFTC
AFR signed onto a letter with other business, consumer, and labor groups supporting full funding for the CFTC.
This Week in Wall Street Reform
Click here to view this week’s highlights and lowlights in Wall Street Reform – October 29, 2011 – November 4, 2011.