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Letters to Regulators: Letter Commenting on the SEC’s Proposed Rule on Executive Compensation

AFREF sent a letter commenting on the Security and Exchange Commission’s proposed rule to implement Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, relating to executive compensation for financial performance. The letter welcomes the SEC’s implementation of this important provision and makes recommendations to minimize executives’ incentives to focus on short-term shareholder returns at the expense of longer-term investments that contribute to equitable and sustainable economic growth over time.

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Petition to the SEC: 16k Petitioners Urge SEC to Require Climate Risk and Carbon Emissions Disclosure

Americans for Financial Reform delivered 16,658 petition signatures calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to make it mandatory for large companies and banks to disclose their total greenhouse gas emissions, including financed emissions, to investors and the public.

Fact Sheet: Summary of SEC’s Private Funds Proposals

AFREF released a fact sheet summarizing the SEC’s two sets of rule proposals that will
provide investors and regulators with greater transparency into several aspects of the $18 trillion private fund industry.

Blog: Wall Street Private Equity Gets Bigger in Every Way

Wall Street’s private equity barons smashed previous records to complete $1.2 trillion worth of acquisitions in the United States in 2021, an all-time record. Globally, the industry gobbled up companies worth $2.1 trillion. The new acquisitions and the massive debts the industry generates is creating the risk of “the dotcom boom meeting with the financial crisis,” according to one insider.

News Release: SEC Proposal Would Expose and Help Combat Abuses In Private Funds

Today’s proposals from the Securities and Exchange Commission would shed greater light on the investments and activities of what’s now become a massive $11.5 trillion private market.

Letters to Regulators: Letter Calling on the SEC to Rescind the 2010 Ford Motor Credit No-Action Letter

AFREF led a letter calling on the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance to rescind the 2010 Ford Motor Credit no-action letter that exempts Credit Rating Agencies from legal liability.

Letters to Regulators: Comment Letter in Response to the SEC’s Proposed Rule Related to Expanding the Disclosures Around Securities Lending

AFREF submitted a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission supporting several changes to Rule 10c-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that would provide investors and regulators with significantly more information into the currently opaque $1.5 trillion securities lending market.

Statement: AFR Encouraged by SEC’s Proposals Addressing Regulatory Loopholes

Americans for Financial Reform is encouraged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposals to address several long-standing loopholes exploited by financial market participants and provide greater transparency to investors and address issues of safety and soundness across the financial system.

Letters to Congress: Letter in Support of Several Investor Protection Bills

AFR sent a letter to the House Financial Services Committee expressing support for several draft bills that would provide great investor protection ahead of the October 5 oversight hearing of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Letters to Regulators: Letter to the SEC on Addressing Loopholes in Forms 13-F & 13-D Reporting

Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund and the Communication Workers of America sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission urging that the Commission close critical loopholes and exemptions that currently exist in its Forms 13-F and 13-D reports that have been intentionally exploited by hedge fund investors. By doing so, hedge funds can no longer utilize derivatives and other complex financial instruments to build large positions and ambush the management of companies.