Letter to Regulators: New Jersey Investor Protection Rule Would Fill...
Given the unfortunate demise of the Department of Labor (DOL) Fiduciary Rule and the glaring deficiencies in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Regulation Best Interest, we greatly...
View ArticleLetter to Regulators: Letter to the Department of Labor urging it to withdraw...
AFREF submitted a letter to the Department of Labor urging it to withdraw a rule proposal that would impose onerous costs and process requirements on private sector retirement plans when deciding...
View ArticleNews Release: Labor Department Rule Deals New Blow to Sustainable Investing
The Department of Labor today dealt another blow to sustainable investing with a new rule aimed at private retirement plan fiduciaries. Incoming leadership at DOL must quickly reverse course on this...
View ArticleMemo: Sustainable Investing Under the New ERISA ESG Rules
Despite recent DOL rule changes, private retirement plan fiduciaries can still incorporate ESG factors into their investment actions to protect their participants’ retirement savings, maximize returns,...
View ArticleNews Release: Labor Department Will Not Enforce Rules that Impede ESG Investing
In a significant reversal, the Department of Labor (DOL) today announced they will not enforce the anti-sustainable investing rules that were hastily published in the final days of the Trump...
View ArticleIn The News: Biden’s New Playbook for Greening the Financial System (The...
"The nonprofits Public Citizen and Americans for Financial Reform have released an early copy of their new “roadmap” for climate-finance reform to The Weekly Planet. It’s a guide to what the new...
View ArticleNews Release: Labor Department: Retirement Plans and Pensions Right To...
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) applauds the Labor Department for issuing this proposal to better allow and encourage retirement plans and pensions to consider sustainability...
View ArticleLetters to Regulators: AFREF, Sierra Club and 13 Partners Support DOL...
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund and Sierra Club were joined by 13 organizations in a comment letter to the DOL supporting a proposal to encourage fiduciaries to consider climate change...
View ArticleNews Release: AFREF and Partners Submit Comments On Labor Department Proposal...
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) submitted comments to the Labor Department supporting a proposed rule that will allow and encourage private retirement plans and pensions to...
View ArticleLetters to Regulators: Comment Letter on DOL Climate Risk RFI
AFREF and 17 partners submitted comments to the Department of Labor on its request for information on climate risk to retirement plans and pensions, urging further integration of systemic risks like...
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