Letters to Regulators: Letter to the SEC in Support of its Proposal on Shareholder Proposals

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 […]

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Letter to Regulators: Comment in Response to ED Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Prison Education Programs, 90/10 and Change of Ownership

AFREF joined a comment letter in response to the Education Department’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on prison education programs, 90/10 and change of ownership. The post Letter to Regulators: Comment in Response to ED Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Prison Education Programs, 90/10 and Change of Ownership appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform.

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Letters to Regulators: Groups Call On FDIC To Reject Ford Credit’s ILC Charter Application

AFREF joined the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, the National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low-income clients) and the Center for Responsible Lending in sending a letter to the FDIC saying that Ford Motor Company should be denied deposit insurance for its proposed new Ford Credit industrial loan company (ILC) charter. The post Letters […]

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Letters to Regulators: Letter to the SEC in Response to Request for Comment on Certain Information Providers Acting as Investment Advisors

AFREF sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission supporting its proposal to treat index providers as investment advisers given the many traits of index providers that resemble investment advice. Such proposals are necessary as index funds have grown to become a multi-trillion dollar industry but one whose decisions to include or exclude issuers […]

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Letters to the Administration: Letter Asking President Biden to Extend and Expand Access to PSLF and IDR Waiver

AFFEF joined a letter urging President Biden to extend, expand, and coordinate more closely the current Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver and Income-Driven Repayment Adjustment in order to fulfill the promise of affordable and manageable loan repayment for borrowers. The post Letters to the Administration: Letter Asking President Biden to Extend and Expand Access to […]

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