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T+2 settlement arrives on Monday

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... industry, and see investors receive their cash or securities sooner. In addition, the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) will move to T+2 settlement for Australian fixed income products on 7 March 2016, creating consistency between the cash ...

US fiduciary rule fight not slowing down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... Speaking to the Bipartisan Policy Center last month, the chief executive of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), Kenneth E Bentsen, Jr, said the argument is not about what 'fiduciary' means but about the regulatory add-ons ...

US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... step is introducing financial literacy training into school curriculum. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) said in a policy briefing that: "There is a savings challenge in the United States that is detrimental to our economic ...

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... legislation. Lisa Bleier, managing director for public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), said in a statement released by the association that the move could have a "chilling" effect at call centres ...

Inquiry asks for greater simple bond red tape reduction

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... product and a cleansing notice. The report added that the industry - assisted by the Australian Financial Markets Association - should develop standard terms and conditions for simple bonds, which would also help reduce disclosure costs. The Inquiry ...

BNP Paribas enters EU with ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... September 2013, it was calculated based on submissions made by up to 14 panel banks to the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA), which is responsible for administering the published BBSW rate.

Republicans vote that advisers have no best interest duty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... more of the current services of 401(k) and IRA providers," noted the Securities, Investments and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). But similar to reactions to arguments in Australia and the UK within the advice sector that they should take on a ...

SIFMA talks up Wall Street cyber defences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
The US Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has released its assessment report of their Wall Street cyber attack simulation and while it confirms their protocols performed adequately, it was the soft attack weapons that were ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... of Payments System and Prudential Reforms on the RBA's Provision of Liquidity, at an Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) and RBA briefing. The RBA's Payments System board meeting is also scheduled. In equities news, Automotive Holdings Group ...

Wall Street to stage cyberattack wargame drill

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... Quantum Dawn 2, is set down for 28 June and is being co-ordinated by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). Quantum Dawn 2 will operate on a closed network developed by the Department of Homeland Security. Reflecting the purpose ...