SIFMA today released the following statements after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted on final rules governing swap execution facilities (SEFs).
The US Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association presents a compendium of post-flash crash studies into HFT behaviour.
US President Barack Obama has signed a cybersecurity executive order designed to improve collaboration and information sharing between the government and critical infrastructure providers such as banks.
Kevin Cullen of Information Mosaic, the world's most trusted software company, has been appointed to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) Industry Leadership Committee of its Corporate Actions Section in the Operations & Technology Society.
SIFMA today announced that T. Timothy Ryan Jr., President and CEO, has submitted his resignation and will depart SIFMA on February 23.
The Board of Directors of Sifma announced that it has elected several members to leadership positions on the Board for 2013.
Shortening the time period between trade execution and settling payment for US cash securities transactions could reduce the industry's costs and risk exposure by several hundred million dollars a year, according to a report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Sifma today announced that it has appointed Dave Oxner as managing director of federal government affairs at Sifma. Mr. Oxner joins Sifma from the office of Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) where he served as policy advisor.
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) in partnership with the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has commissioned the Boston Consulting Group to research the prospect of shortening US trade settlement cycles.
SIFMA today released the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., executive vice president, public policy and advocacy, in reaction to proposed regulations to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
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