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Industry groups slam SEC plan to limit derivatives

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... estimated that at least US$600 billion ($783 billion) in funds would not be compliant. In his comment letter to the SEC, SIFMA's managing director and head of the group's asset management division Timothy Cameron said, "Proposed portfolio limits are ...

US fiduciary rule fight not slowing down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... 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 that the ...

US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... 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 success. ...

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... 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 that provide ...

US fight over adviser fiduciary rules nears end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... advisers receive their primary income from product commissions. The US Securities, Investment and Financial Market Association (SIFMA), in a statement on their website, said they believe the fiduciary standards being pushed by the government department ...

Republicans vote that advisers have no best interest duty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... 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 fiduciary ...

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 ...

Wall Street to stage cyberattack wargame drill

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... 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 of ...

Social media trials in US continue

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... however regulatory rules prevented more detailed use. At a recent Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) seminar in the US, Morgan Stanley confirmed that it is also developing a mobile application that will be able to distribute ...
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