Any of these outcomes would hurt Americans at all income levels, and especially retirees, many of whom rely on investment income as a supplement to their retirement.
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February 23, 2012
The undersigned companies and organizations, representing a diverse range of industries, believe that the Volcker Rule will have far-reaching negative consequences that will impede our ability to raise capital and manage risk.
We believe that the proposed regulations would undermine liquidity in the markets by curtailing necessary and beneficial activities such as market making and underwriting.
In addition to threatening audit quality, mandatory audit firm rotation would prove costly for companies and their shareholders.
December 14, 2011
Business Roundtable, whose member CEOs lead companies that collectively employ more than 14 million Americans and generate over $6 trillion in annual revenues, endorses H.R. 2483, the Whistleblower Improvement Act, because it will protect and reinforce internal reporting mechanisms that enable companies to enforce the highest standards of conduct and ethical behavior.
We believe that regulation of inter-affiliate trades should square with a simple economic reality: purely internal trades do not increase systemic risk.
The Coalition for Derivatives End-Users represents thousands of companies across the United States that employ derivatives to manage business risks due to changing commodity prices, fluctuating currency exchange rates, and variable interest rates.
Today, we write to offer our support for SA 814, which would help ensure that end-user companies, which did not cause the financial crisis, are not regulated as if they did.
Today, we write to offer our support for S. 1650, the Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011, which would take several steps to ensure that end-user companies, which did not cause the financial crisis, are not regulated as if they did.
October 12, 2011
While the Coalition supported the Dodd Frank Act’s goals of increasing transparency and reducing systemic risk in the OTC derivatives market, we also emphasized the critical importance of avoiding unnecessary burdens on end-user companies.
We are writing to express support for H.R. 2779, introduced in August by Representatives Stivers and Fudge.
We are submitting this letter in response to the September 6, 2011 request for public comments by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) regarding the development, scope, and elements of a plan for the retrospective...