The SIFMA Podcast
Episodes
Podcast: They Who Hold the Data Should Bear the Liability
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The latest edition of SIFMA’s podcast series covers a recent development related to the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) – the major regulatory init...
Extraordinary Actions – The Fed, Treasury and Congress vs. COVID-19
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve, the Department of the Treasury and Congress have undertaken unprecedented actions to buy financial assets, unclog the pipes of th...
Explaining the COVID-19 Stimulus Packages
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Congress has passed three stimulus packages to combat the severe effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic. In the second of a three-part series on how ...
COVID-19 and Operational Resiliency
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is front and center in the United States and across the world. In this podcast, Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA'...
Securities Arbitration System Works Effectively and to the Benefit of Investors
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we discuss the long-standing system of arbitration for dispute resolution, and the rather confounding animus toward it by some policy...
Concerns Remain Regarding 2020 Global Market Shock Component in 2020 Stress Tests
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion about the Federal Reserve's 2020 Supervisory Scenarios for the Annual Stress Test, in particular about what changes were made around...
AML: Safeguarding Our Markets
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With a sustained commitment to addressing the risk of money laundering and financial crime through securities firms, as well as strong collaboration b...
Changes on the Horizon to the Federal Reserve’s Oversight Regime
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a speech delivered on Friday January 16, Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve Randal Quarles laid out a suite of changes he intends...
Living Will Process and Impact on US Capital Markets
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Dodd-Frank Act requires large financial institutions to submit resolution plans. In this podcast, SIFMA's Joe Seidel and Carter McDowell dis...
The SECURE Act: New Law Will Increase the Ranks of Retirement Savers
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The passage of bipartisan legislation, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement – better known as the SECURE Act - marks the bigges...
CAT – Concerns Remain About Investor Data Security Ahead of Testing
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Under the Consolidated Audit Trail, or CAT, broker-dealers will be required to report every equity and options transaction, as well as certain persona...
The 2019 State of the Industry
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to SIFMA’s podcast from our annual State of the Industry media briefing. In this segment, our leadership discusses the state of the capital ...
End-Year 2019 Economic Survey
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
SIFMA's survey of chief U.S. economists forecasts that the U.S. economy will grow by 2.2% in 2019, with a decrease to 1.8% in 2020. U.S. trade po...
Quantum Dawn V – Ensuring Robust Partnership Between Industry and Government
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Quantum Dawn V, a global cybersecurity exercise coordinated by SIFMA, was completed on November 7, 2019. What scenario did participants respond to? I...
FTT - A Tax on Savers and Investors
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The FTT or financial transaction tax—a tax on trades of stocks, bonds, and derivatives—is a tax on investors. The imposition of an FTT would incre...
A Simpler Volcker Rule
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On October 8, the five federal financial regulatory agencies responsible for the Volcker rule announced they finalized revisions to simplify its compl...
Baby Steps: An Update on Housing Finance Reform
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. housing market is a critical piece of the general economy. It represents one-fifth of U.S. GDP and 35% of all private, non-financial debt in ...
Podcast: Where Money Market Funds And The Repo Market Intersect (09 - 23 - 2019)
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Money market funds are investment vehicles that invest in debt securities with short maturities and minimal credit risk. They are a significant source...
What Just Happened In The Repo Markets?
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The financial system relies on short-term money markets every day to fund operations. A crucial but little-known market that ordinarily hums steadily ...
Podcast: Are CCAR Shocks to the Trading Book Plausible?
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A decade ago, the Federal Reserve implemented the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) process as part of its stress testing framework to ...
Mid-Year 2019 Economic Survey
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
SIFMA's survey of chief U.S. economists forecasts that the U.S. economy will grow 2.2% in 2019, a decrease from its end-year predictions. U.S. tr...
Prudential Regulation and Its Effect on the Capital Markets
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With the adoption of complex, conservative, prudential regulatory requirements, banks are now subject to multiple risk-based capital ratios, leverage ...
End-Year 2018 Economic Outlook Survey
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SIFMA's survey of chief U.S. economists forecasts that the U.S. economy will grow 2.9% in 2018 and 2.6% in 2019, unchanged from its mid-year pred...
The Transition from LIBOR
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
$200 trillion of financial contracts and securities are tied to LIBOR and that matters to everyone – small businesses, corporations, banks, dealers ...
Mid-Year 2018 Economic Outlook Survey
11 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SIFMA's survey of chief U.S. economists forecasts that the U.S. economy will grow 2.9% for the remainder of 2018, a significantly stronger predic...
The 2018 State of the Industry
18 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to SIFMA’s podcast from our annual State of the Industry media briefing. In this segment, our leadership discusses the state of the capital ...
SIFMA's 2017 End-Year Economic Outlook
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
2017 End-Year Economic Outlook Podcast
SIFMA’s Economic Advisory Roundtable Forecasts 2.2% GDP in 2017
12 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart Hoffman, senior vice president and chief economist for The PNC Financial Services Group and the 2016 Chair of SIFMA's Economic Advisory Ro...
SIFMA Economic Advisory Roundtable's 2016 Mid-Year Outlook
18 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart Hoffman, Chair of SIFMA’s Economic Advisory Roundtable, discusses the Roundtable’s U.S. Mid-Year 2016 Economic Outlook. Survey results show...