Americans for Financial Reform joined labor and progressive advocacy groups representing millions of workers in a letter to state financial officers who oversee pension funds that hold billions of dollars in shares of Tesla, urging them to oppose excessive pay packages for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, warning it would put workers’ retirement savings at unnecessary risk and undermine corporate accountability. […]
Town Hall: Private Equity’s Attacks on Basic Human Needs Watch the event here via AFR’s YouTube Channel in case you missed it. Context:Wall Street private equity firms have experienced exponential growth, accumulating substantial influence across critical sectors of the economy. From corporate landlords displacing tenants to healthcare facilities suffering under private equity ownership, the impact […]
This webinar examines the widespread harm that all businesses and investors would suddenly face if the Securities and Exchange Commission’s broadly accepted requirements for truthful disclosures and rules protecting investors suddenly come into question if the courts serve the SEC with an adverse ruling on a number of ongoing legal cases. In particular, the webinar […]
Reparations: How to Fund Them & Avoid a Wall Street Takeover Join us for a pivotal fireside chat on March 7, 2024, at 2:00 PM, on the pressing issue of reparations. “Reparations: How to Fund Them & Avoid a Wall Street Takeover” brings together thought leaders Jeremy Bearer-Friend (George Washington University Law), Alvin Velazquez (SEIU), […]
In September, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies (CMS) issued a rule that would require a minimum staff to patient ratio in nursing homes. This is a historic action by the Biden Administration. However, the ratio must be stronger to protect residents and workers. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which represents nursing home […]
Please join us for a virtual call with experts to preview CFPB v. CFSA, a landmark case coming before the Supreme Court this term that challenges the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding mechanism. In CFPB v. CFSA, Supreme Court will decide whether to overturn an unprecedented Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, […]
Jake Bittle and The Great Displacement: a Conversation about Housing Displacement and Climate Change On September 26, 2023 Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund hosted Jake Bittle, author of “The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration” along with housing experts and community leaders from Queens, New York, Paradise, California, and Puerto Rico […]
A Conversation with Ben McKenzie – “Easy Money: Cryptocurrencies, Casino Capitalism and the Golden Age of Fraud.” Cryptocurrencies and the hype (and harm) surrounding them have been a key part of pop culture the last few years. But not everyone in the entertainment industry has bought into the hype – Ben McKenzie, a film and […]
A growing body of evidence has demonstrated that the private equity business model is incompatible with healthcare. AFR’s Policy Team has developed a set of policy recommendations to address private equity’s role in healthcare, titled Doctored by Wall Street: Policy Solutions for Private Equity in Healthcare. The recommendations include regulatory and legislative strategies to limit […]