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SIFMA
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Free Writings + Perspectives
SIFMA’s C&L Virtual Forum
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 and Thursday, September 24, 2020 Click here for more information. The firm is proud to sponsor the SIFMA Compliance & Legal Virtual Forum, a two-day September…
Credit Chronometer
Education Lending: Market Momentum Heading into 2020
Time keeps on slipping into the future (well, at least since 1976), bringing with it momentum that has the power to shift markets. If we do our homework, we can…
Retained Interest
Industry and advocacy groups respond to proposed changes to FDIC’s securitization safe harbor rule
By Julie A. Gillespie, Jan C. Stewart, Jeffrey P. Taft, John-David Treumann
In July, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) proposed a change (discussed here and here) to certain provisions of its securitization safe harbor rule (the “Rule”) to eliminate the…
Free Writings + Perspectives
SIFMA Insights: US Equity Capital Formation Primer
In November 2018, SIFMA published another primer in its recently introduced series on capital formation--this one titled "An exploration of the IPO process and listings exchanges". The primer provides interesting…
Banking, Finance and Securities
IBOR Global Benchmark Transition Report
On 25 June 2018, a group of industry associations (AFME, ICMA, ISDA, SIFMA and SIMFA AMG) published a new report that assesses the issues involved with benchmark reform, and makes…
Free Writings + Perspectives
Expanding the On-Ramp
A number of industry groups, including SIFMA, have joined to put forward recommendations to promote capital formation and assist more companies in going public or remaining public. Many of the…
Free Writings + Perspectives
Market Structure and the Decline in Listed Companies
Recently, SIFMA held its Equity Market Structure conference, which addressed a broad range of issues. Of course, conference participants addressed market structure concerns that may affect a company’s decision to…
Financial Services Observer
SIFMA C&L 2018 Annual Seminar Summary
General Session Panel Highlights One-on-One with SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and SIFMA President & CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. The conference began with a one-on-one discussion with SEC Commissioner Clayton.…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
CFTC Issues Final Response To Remand Order in SIFMA v. CFTC
By Ross Pazzol, Stanley V. Polit
On August 16, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission published in the Federal Register its final response to the order of the US District Court for the District of Columbia in…
IM Insights
SIFMA Complex Products Forum
The Complex Products Forum is a collaborative event that brings together regulators, distributors, and manufacturers to discuss the issues, challenges, and opportunities related to the sale of complex products to…