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This page includes all Council correspondence for 2008. For Council correspondence from 2007, please click the link to the left.

Nov. 20, 2008 Council comment letter to Treasury on the executive pay provisions of the TARP Capital Purchase Program
Attachment: CII policies on executive pay
Oct. 29, 2008 Council comment letter to the SEC on the SEC's fair value accounting study
Attachment 1: CII policies on accounting and auditing
Attachment 2: Joint statement of the Center for Audit Quality, the CFA Institute and the Council opposing suspension of mark-to-market accounting
Attachment 3:CII paper on fair value accounting
Oct. 29, 2008 Council letter to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs regarding financial regulation proposals 
Attachment: White Paper titled Some Investor Perspectives on Financial Regulation Proposals
Oct. 29, 2008 Council letter to the House Committee on Financial Services regarding financial regulation proposals
Attachment: White Paper titled Some Investor Perspectives on Financial Regulation Proposals
Oct. 29, 2008 Council letter to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry regarding financial regulation proposals
Attachment: White Paper titled Some Investor Perspectives on Financial Regulation Proposals
Oct. 29, 2008 Council letter to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs regarding financial regulation proposals
Attachment: White Paper titled Some Investor Perspectives on Financial Regulation Proposals
Oct. 29, 2008 Council letter to the House Committee on Agriculture regarding financial regulation proposals
Attachment: White Paper titled Some Investor Perspectives on Financial Regulation Proposals
Oct. 29, 2008 Council letter to the Joint Economic Committee regarding financial regulation proposals
Attachment: White Paper titled Some Investor Perspectives on Financial Regulation Proposals
Oct. 29, 2008 Council letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding financial regulation proposals
Attachment: White Paper titled Some Investor Perspectives on Financial Regulation Proposals
Oct. 22, 2008 Letter from the European Commission to the Council in response to the Oct. 11 Council letter
Oct. 20, 2008 Council follow-up letter to the SEC regarding the Council's request for a rulemaking on auditor departure disclosures
Oct. 15, 2008 Joint letter to the SEC from the Council, Center for Audit Quality, CFA Institute and Consumer Federation of America on fair value accounting
Oct. 11, 2008 Council letter to the European Commission regarding regarding speech on accounting for financial instruments
Attachment 1: CII paper on fair value accounting
Attachment 2: Joint statement of the Center for Audit Quality, the CFA Institute and the Council opposing suspension of mark-to-market accounting
Oct. 9, 2008 Council letter to the SEC about new CII policy on accounting and audit standard setters
Attachment: CII policy on independence of accounting and audit standard setters
Sept. 25, 2008 Council letter on International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation’s July 2008 discussion document
Sept. 25, 2008 Council letter to the SEC on fair value accounting
Attachment: Council white paper on fair value accounting
Aug. 6, 2008 Council letter to the SEC regarding the August 4 roundtable on performance of IFRS, U.S. GAAP during subprime crisis
July 31, 2008 Council comment letter to the SEC about XBRL
July 31, 2008 Council letter thanking SEC for invitation to testify at the roundtable on International Financial Reporting
Attachment: Council white paper on fair value accounting
July 28, 2008 Letter from the International Accounting Standards Board on the Council white paper on fair value accounting
July 24, 2008 Council letter to the SEC on proposed rules for credit rating agencies
July 18, 2008 Council letter to the PCAOB on fair value accounting
Attachment: Council white paper on fair value accounting
July 17, 2008 Council letter to the FASB on fair value accounting
Attachment: Council white paper on fair value accounting
July 17, 2008 Council letter to the International Accounting Standards Board on fair value accounting
Attachment: Council  white paper on fair value accounting
July 17, 2008 Council letter to the SEC on Fair Value Accounting
Attachment: Council  white paper on fair value accounting
July 17, 2008 Council letter to the SEC Advisory Committee on improvements to financial reporting on fair value a=ccounting
Attachment: Council white paper on fair value accounting
July 15, 2008 Council letter to Senate Banking Committee on fair value accounting
Attachment: Council white paper on fair value accounting
July 15, 2008 Council letter to House Financial Services Committee on fair value accounting
Attachment: Council's White Paper on Fair Value Accounting
July 15, 2008 Council letter to the Joint Economic Committee on Fair Value Accounting
Attachment: Council white paper on fair value accounting
July 7, 2008 Council letter to House Committee on Agriculture about statement on commodity investments
Attachment: Council's Statement on Institutional Investors and Commodity Investments
July 7, 2008 Council letter to Chico’s FAS Inc. regarding broker voting and majority voting
July 3, 2008 Comment letter submitted to the SEC regarding the draft recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting.
June 26, 2008 Council letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee about statement on commodity investments
Attachment: Council's Statement on Institutional Investors and Commodity Investments
June 26, 2008 Council letter to Senate Banking Committee about statement on commodity investments
Attachment: Council's Statement on Institutional Investors and Commodity Investments
June 26, 2008 Council letter to House Financial Services Committee about statement on commodity investments
Attachment: Council's Statement on Institutional Investors and Commodity Investments
June 26, 2008 Council letter to Senate Homeland Security Committee about statement on commodity investments
Attachment: Council's Statement on Institutional Investors and Commodity Investments
June 4, 2008 Letter from Rep. Barney Frank about Council statement on financial gatekeepers
June 2, 2008 Council letter to Senate Banking Committee regarding statement on financial gatekeepers
Attachment: Council Policy on transparency, independence and oversight of financial gatekeepers
June 2, 2008 Council letter to House Financial Services Committee regarding statement on financial gatekeepers
Attachment: Council Policy on transparency, independence and oversight of financial gatekeepers
May 21, 2008 Council followup letter to the SEC regarding broker voting
May 16, 2008 Council letter to the SEC on proposed amendments to Form ADV under the Investment Advisers Act
May 9, 2008 Letter from the SEC regarding broker voting
May 13, 2008 Council letter to the Senate Banking Committee regarding the SEC nominations of Luis Aguilar, Troy Paredes and Elisse Walter
May 5, 2008 Council letter to FASB's Emerging Issues Task Force
April 21, 2008 Council letter to Senator Clinton regarding executive pay
April 21, 2008 Council letter to Senator McCain regarding executive pay
April 21, 2008 Council letter to Senator Obama regarding executive pay
April 17, 2008 Council letter to the SEC regarding broker voting and rule 452
April 17, 2008 Council Letter to Washington Mutual regarding broker voting in director elections
March 31, 2008 Council comment letter to the SEC regarding progress report of the SEC Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting
March 12, 2008 Response Letter from European Commission on Auditor Liability
March 10, 2008 Council comment letter to the SEC on further deferral of Sarbanes-Oxley section 404
March 4, 2008 Council comment letter to the the PCAOB regarding concerns about its proposal to change its approach to international cooperation in inspections of non-U.S. registered audit firms
Feb. 14, 2008 Letter from the Council to European Commissioner McCreevy regarding auditors’ liability
Feb. 11, 2008 Council comment letter to the Financial Accounting Foundation regarding request for comments on proposed changes to oversight, structure, and operations of the FAF, FASB, and GASB
Jan. 30, 2008 SEC response to Council letter regarding disclosure of auditor departures
Jan. 25, 2008 Council letter to the SEC requesting rules on disclosure of reasons for a change in external auditor