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Organization Name: Adrian Gill
Dear Chairman Gensler:
Re: End-User Exception to Mandatory Clearing of Swaps (RIN 3038-AD10)
The big banks and their allies are pushing for changes in the transparency requirements of Dodd-Frank that would throw important trades back into the shadows. Specifically, they are calling for exemptions for a very broad array of companies from the clearing and margin requirements of the act.
Dodd-Frank already contains an exception for legitimate end-users, such as airlines and farmers, who are doing commercial hedging as part of their business from clearing and exchange trading requirements.
We must not broaden this narrow, commonsense exception to include financial and commercial institutions that want to gamble in the derivatives markets. Doing so would allow systemically important companies to enter into risky trades in a market with zero transparency and accountability.
This is exactly the kind of murky shadow banking that led to the meltdown - as every objective observer of our present financial situation well knows. Please implement Dodd-Frank as written and do not give in to the pressure to weaken the legislation in the rule-making process.
The majority of us that now live in the reality of an America destroyed by the greed of those running the financial institutes have had enough. These institutes bought the law and government to enable themselves to get rich at the expense of everyone else. Prove that you also are not being bought out by them, and do what's right for the hundreds of millions of Americans that need fairness in finance. Don't cave in to pressure from the financial lobbyists!
Thanks for your help!
Americans for Financial Reform
