Company: Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

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Banks may fail to meet US$2 trillion of demand for credit origination worldwide over the next three years

Paulson says TARP will focus on recapitalization

Five U.S. financial industry trade associations Friday unveiled an industry survey that examines more than 400 firms’ views of participation in the U.S. bank bailout program known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program.The survey was sent to members of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, American Securitization Forum, American Bankers Association, Mortgage Bankers Association and […]

The U.S. Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association reports that rising government deficits mean that total net Treasury bill, note and bond issuance will be higher in the fourth quarter of 2008 than in both the third quarter of 2008 and the fourth quarter of 2007.A survey by SIFMA found the median net issuance forecast […]

U.S. securities association recognizes firms for diversity leadership

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association is calling on the U.S. Congress to establish a new market stability regulator.SIFMA’s president and CEO, Tim Ryan, testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the future of financial services regulation today. In that testimony he called for a single regulator charged with ensuring market stability.He noted […]

Analysts and insiders expect central banks to inject liquidity and cut rates in an effort to prevent credit from drying up

Recommends SEC focus on improving ratings process

The U.S. Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association applauded the mutual recognition agreement announced today between the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Australian Treasury and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.SIFMA calls the deal “a landmark in American financial services reform and a model for future cooperation with other regulators”.“The often-conflicting financial services regulations issued […]

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association is calling on the US Securities and Exchange Commission to revise its proposed treatment of market data fees.SIFMA filed a comment letter with the SEC and released a study to support its claim that firms would pay too much if the SEC approves a proposed order allowing NYSE […]