AFREF and 34 allies sent a letter regarding the Safety and Soundness Act, which requires FHFA to establish annual housing goals for mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). This letter supports the proposal’s move towards a methodology that focuses on the percentage, not number, of affordable housing units financed by the […]
AFREF led a letter to the Department of Labor in response to their proposed amendment to prohibited transaction class action exemption 84-14. The post Letters to Regulators: Comment in Response to Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform.
AFREF led a letter to President Biden calling on him to adopt contracting standards to: 1) narrow the gaps between CEO and worker pay; 2) reduce wasteful spending on stock buybacks; and 3) support workers’ rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The post Letters to the Administration: Letter to President Biden on Contracting […]
AFREF sent a letter in support of proposals from both the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission that would provide the agencies and by extension the Financial Stability Oversight Council with additional information from the $18 trillion private fund industry related to: more specific details about their holdings in digital assets, more […]
AFREF joined a letter responding to a request for information from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy about how federal agencies can better support collaboration with other levels of government, civil society, and the research community regarding the production and use of equitable data. The post Letters to Regulators: Comment Letter in […]
AFREF joined 91 coalition partners in sending a letter to the CFPB in support of banning all medical debt from consumer credit reports. The letter asks the CFPB to take a step further and address this issue by beginning the rulemaking process to ban medical for medically necessary services. The post Letters to Regulators: Letter […]
AFREF joined civil rights and consumer advocacy organizations in responding to the Appraisal Standards Board’s request for comment on the proposed changes to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice that would add nondiscrimination language to USPAP’s Ethics Rule. The letter recognizes the history and persistence of racial discrimination in appraisals and makes several specific recommendations […]
A new scorecard revealing the top eight private equity firms invested in oil and gas and including a set of demands to hold private equity accountable. The post News Release: New Scorecard Shows Private Equity’s Race to the Bottom on Climate appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform.
AFREF joined a letter to the CFPB urging it to take action on the ongoing issue of forced arbitration in consumer financial services/products. The post Letters to Regulators: Letter to the CFPB on the Need for Action to Limit Forced Arbitration appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform.
AFREF and allies submitted a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission in support of its proposal to update certain substantive bases for exclusion of shareholder proposals. Shareholder proposals are an important part of our corporate governance system, and in the letter, we encourage the Commission to ensure the full range of benefits of […]