Letters to the Regulators: Letter in Support of Proposals to Reduce Systemic Risk

View or download a PDF of the letters here: AFREF submitted comments supporting proposals from the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which would strengthen and expand applicability of resolution plan rules and guidance and require more large banks (in the Fed’s large bank tailoring […]

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Letters to the Regulators: Letter in Support of Revisions to OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements

View or download a PDF of the letter here. The Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF), the Institute for Policy Studies, Jobs to Move America, Communications Workers of America, United for Respect, and Take on Wall Street wrote a comment letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to recommend it be made explicit – […]

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Letters to the Regulators: Letter in Support of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Expense Disaggregation Proposal

Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund submitted a comment letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in support of its proposal to require public companies to disaggregate certain costs from expense captions, with a focus on the disaggregation of employee compensation costs. AFREF made a series of recommendations to improve these disclosures, including recommendations […]

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Letters to the Regulators: Letter in Support of the FTC’s Proposed Rulemaking for Premerger Notification, Reporting, and Waiting Period Requirements

AFREF submitted a comment supporting the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule to require complex companies including private equity firms to disclose more information about their holdings and business lines when pursuing mergers and acquisitions. The post Letters to the Regulators: Letter in Support of the FTC’s Proposed Rulemaking for Premerger Notification, Reporting, and Waiting Period […]

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Letters to the Regulators: Letter in Support of Proposed Revisions to the Suspended Counterparty Program

AFREF and the National Housing Law Project submitted a comment to the FHFA in support of their proposed revisions to the Suspended Counterparty Program. The post Letters to the Regulators: Letter in Support of Proposed Revisions to the Suspended Counterparty Program appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform.

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Letters to the Regulators: Letter in Support of Proposed Merger Guideline

Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund sent a letter commending the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice for developing a robust, accessible update to the merger guidelines The post Letters to the Regulators: Letter in Support of Proposed Merger Guideline appeared first on Americans for Financial Reform.

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Letters to the Regulators: Letters to the Financial Stability Oversight Council in Support of Increased Supervision of Nonbank Companies and Revising the Analytic Framework for Assessing Financial Stability Risk

AFREF submitted comment letters to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) on two proposals that would strengthen its toolbox for addressing threats to financial stability, including those related to climate change, and make it easier to designate nonbank companies like asset managers and insurance companies as systemically important institutions that need enhanced regulation by the […]

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Letters to the Regulators: Letter to FHFA in Support of Tenant Protections

View or download a PDF of the letter here Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund joined the Homes Guarantee Campaign and over 300 national, state, and local organizations to call on the Federal Housing Finance Agency to require tenant protections in order to receive federal The post Letters to the Regulators: Letter to FHFA in […]

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Letters to the Regulators: Letter to PCAOB Supporting Proposed Audit Standards to Report Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations, Including Climate Regulations

AFREF joined Public Citizen in a comment urging PCAOB to strengthen and swiftly finalize its proposed updated audit standards around reporting noncompliance with laws and regulations and identifying risks of material misstatement in financial statements. Climate-related accounting fraud is on the rise, and many companies are misrepresenting their financial position by underestimating their asset retirement […]

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Letters to the Regulators: Letter to the SEC Supporting the Prohibition of Conflicts of Interests in Securitization

Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund submitted a comment to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) supporting its proposal to prohibit conflicts of interest in securitizations. Such conflicts were at the heart of the Great Financial Crisis of 2008 leading to trillions of dollars in losses across the financial system and irreparable harm to millions […]

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