On Oct. 22, AARP Public Policy Institute and the National Consumers League held a forum called "Protecting Your Home, Car and Retirement Savings: How Consumers and Policy Makers Can Stop Financial Fraud." Among other experts, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro spoke on various types of fraud against older Americans, and announced new SEC initiatives against fraud and investigation into the suitability of investment products for seniors.

To watch a webcast of this event, see http://www.nextgenweb.org/aarp - scroll down to the second, third, fourth and fifth images to watch each segment of the program.

Also, see this page on AARP’s website for a list of all speakers http://www.aarp.org/research/ppi/cons-prot/fraud/articles/forum-091022.html

You can access a transcript at

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/ppi/cons-prot/transcript_forum_091022.pdf