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The SIFMA Podcast
SIFMA is the voice of the nation’s securities industry, bringing together the shared interests of hundreds of broker-dealers, banks and asset managers. We advocate for effective and resilient capital markets. Our podcast brings together market and industry experts to make the connection between public policy and finance.
Episodes
The SIFMA PodcastSIFMA Insights Spotlight - April 2023 Market Metrics
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's Head of Research Katie Kolchin discusses the highlights from SIFMA Insights Monthly Metrics for April 2023. This…
The SIFMA PodcastEconomist Roundtable Flash Poll: 1Q23
The SIFMA Economist Roundtable brings together chief U.S. economists from nearly 30 global and regional financial institutions. Its semiannual survey…
The SIFMA PodcastCreating Risk by Fixing What's Not Broken
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with our team to discuss the potential impacts of the U.S…
The SIFMA PodcastSIFMA Insights Spotlight - March 2023 Market Metrics
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's Head of Research Katie Kolchin discusses the highlights from SIFMA Insights Monthly Metrics for March 2023. This…
The SIFMA PodcastTop of Mind with SIFMA Insights: Can the Fed Have Its Cake and Eat It, Too?
Top of Mind with SIFMA Insights is a new series within the SIFMA Podcast. We'll be talking with experts from across the industry about key issues impacting the…
The SIFMA PodcastSIFMA Insights Spotlight - February 2023 Market Metrics
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's Head of Research Katie Kolchin discusses the highlights from SIFMA Insights Monthly Metrics for February 2023…
The SIFMA PodcastThe SIFMA Podcast: Digging into the SIFMA Insights Market Structure Compendium
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA’s President & CEO, Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., sits down with Katie Kolchin, Managing Director and Head of Research…
The SIFMA PodcastSIFMA Insights Spotlight - January 2023 Market Metrics
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's Head of Research Katie Kolchin discusses the highlights from SIFMA Insights Monthly Metrics for January 2023…
The SIFMA PodcastThe SIFMA Podcast: Digitization, Hyper-Personalization and Self-Directed Investing: Key Trends in Wealth Management
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA President & CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with Sabrina Bailey, Global Head of Investment & Wealth…
The SIFMA PodcastSIFMA Insights Spotlight - December 2022 Market Metrics
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's Head of Research Katie Kolchin discusses the highlights from SIFMA Insights Monthly Metrics for December, our…
The SIFMA PodcastTop 10 Takeaways from SIFMA’s Economist Roundtable Year-End Survey
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's Katie Kolchin highlights the top ten results from our survey. After that, we’ll share a conversation between our…
The SIFMA PodcastOne-on-One with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at SIFMA's 2022 Annual Meeting
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's Ken Bentsen sits down with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury, Janet L. Yellen to discuss the state…
The SIFMA PodcastThe SIFMA Podcast: Additional Transparency for Secondary Market Transactions of Treasury Securities
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA’s Rob Toomey sits down with Bradley Ziff from Sia Partners to discuss a recent study on the impact of additional…
The SIFMA PodcastThe Move to T+1
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA President & CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with Tom Price, SIFMA Managing Director, Operations, Technology…
The SIFMA PodcastA Conversation With Lindsey Piegza On The 2022 Mid - Year Economic Forecast
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA President & CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with Lindsey Piegza, Ph. D, Chief Economist and Managing Director…
The SIFMA PodcastThe State of the Markets, Their Regulation and Their Resiliency - A Conversation from SIFMA Ops
In this far-ranging discussion at the 2022 Operations Conference & Exhibition, Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA’s president and CEO, sits down with Thomas Pluta…
The SIFMA PodcastThe SIFMA Podcast: A Primer on Proposed Reforms to Money Market Fund Rules
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA President & CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with Lindsey Keljo who is Managing Director and Head of SIFMA’s…
The SIFMA PodcastSIFMA Wealth Management Podcast Series - A Conversation With Ken Cella, Edward Jones
In this episode of our Wealth Management Leadership podcast series, SIFMA President & CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with Ken Cella, Principal of the…
The SIFMA PodcastSIFMA Wealth Management Podcast Series - A Conversation With Joe Sweeney
In this episode of our Wealth Management Leadership podcast series, SIFMA President & CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with Joseph E. Sweeney, President…
The SIFMA PodcastThe SIFMA Podcast - Cybersecurity Readiness
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA President & CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with Tom Price, Managing Director, Operations Technology & BCP…
The SIFMA PodcastSIFMA Wealth Management Podcast Series - A Conversation With Estee Faranda
In this episode of our Wealth Management Leadership podcast series, SIFMA president & CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with Primerica’s PFS Investments…
The SIFMA PodcastSIFMA Wealth Management Podcast Series - A Conversation With Lisa Kidd Hunt
In this episode of our Wealth Management Leadership podcast series, SIFMA President & CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. is joined by Lisa Kidd Hunt, Executive Vice…
The SIFMA PodcastSIFMA Wealth Management Podcast Series - A Conversation With Carey Shuffman
In this episode of our Wealth Management Leadership podcast series, SIFMA President & CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with Carey Shuffman, Head of UBS’s…
The SIFMA PodcastSIFMA Wealth Management Podcast Series - A Conversation With Evamarie Schoenborn
In this first episode of our Wealth Management Leadership podcast series, SIFMA President & CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with Northwestern Mutual…
The SIFMA PodcastLeading the Future of America’s Financial Growth: The Case for DE&I Business Initiatives
In this episode of SIFMA's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Podcast Series, SIFMA's Amena Ross sits down with Cetera's Chantalle Couba to explore the journey to…
The SIFMA PodcastThe SIFMA Podcast - A Guide To FRTB And Why It’s Important
The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) was initiated by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in the years following the 2007-2009 financial…
The SIFMA PodcastWhy Financial Services Are Vital To US International Economic Strategy
International trade and investment in financial services is crucial to U.S. economic growth and job creation. In this podcast, SIFMA's Peter Matheson sits down…
The SIFMA PodcastModeling A Culture Of Inclusion
Moderated by Rudy Rodriguez, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion at Ameriprise and Chair of SIFMA’s Diversity & Inclusion Council, this far-reaching…
The SIFMA PodcastThe SIFMA Podcast: Breaking Down Barriers
In this edition of SIFMA's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) podcast series, SIFMA’s Amena Ross, Managing Director of Advocacy, sits down with Samuel A…
The SIFMA PodcastOperational Readiness: A Conversation with FIS on Reimagining the Playbook
It is abundantly clear that COVID-19 will have lasting impacts.In this podcast, SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with Nasser Khodri…
The SIFMA PodcastThe Individual Investor Explained
The face of the individual investor is changing.In part one of this two-part podcast, SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with Ken Cella…
The SIFMA PodcastA Personal Perspective - the Importance of the Independent Contractor Model for Financial Advisors
In the latest in SIFMA’s podcast series, SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. is joined independent financial planning professional Steve Budin, the…
The SIFMA PodcastSecurities Arbitration System Works Effectively and Benefits Investors
In this podcast – originally published in March 2020 - Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA’s President and CEO, and Kevin Carroll, SIFMA’s Managing Director and…
The SIFMA PodcastThe SIFMA Podcast - The Meaning of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion with Siebert Williams Shank & Co.
In this edition of SIFMA's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) podcast series, SIFMA’s Amena Ross, Managing Director of Advocacy, sat down with Gary Hall…
The SIFMA PodcastThe Need for Federal Legislation in the LIBOR Transition
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The SIFMA PodcastThe SIFMA Podcast - Building and Investing in Communities with Fidelity
In this edition of SIFMA's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) podcast series, SIFMA’s Amena Ross, Managing Director of Advocacy, sat down with Wendy John…
The SIFMA PodcastThe Importance of the Independent Contractor Model for Financial Advisors
In the latest in SIFMA’s podcast series, SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. is joined by Jason Plank, a financial planning professional on the…
The SIFMA PodcastThe SIFMA Podcast - Investing in Racial Equity
Explore how Goldman Sachs is seeks to address racial equity in the financial services industry and its work in back communities, with its clients, and within…
The SIFMA PodcastCatching Up On the CAT
In the latest in SIFMA’s podcast series, SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. is joined by Ellen Greene, SIFMA managing director, equity and options…
The SIFMA PodcastWhat’s Next for Scaling-Up Climate Finance?
SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. and CEO of the Global Financial Markets Association(GFMA)is joined by Allison Parent, Executive Director of…
The SIFMA PodcastUsing Security Tokens to Facilitate Capital Formation
In this podcast, SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. and managing director Tom Price discuss SIFMA’s new white paper on security tokens. The paper…
The SIFMA PodcastIntentional Inclusion – The Role of Culture in Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Talent
For the second podcast in our D&I series, SIFMA’s Amena Ross, Managing Director of Advocacy, sat down with Jim Reynolds, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of…
The SIFMA PodcastClearing Up Regulatory Obligations in Cloud Services 2.0
Melissa MacGregor, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel at SIFMA, sat down with Larry Bortstein, Founder of Bortstein Legal Group, and Lou Trotta…
The SIFMA PodcastD&I Initiatives – Opportunities for Positive Impact
In this first podcast of our Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) series, SIFMA’s Amena Ross, Managing Director of Advocacy, sat down with Edward Jones’ Vanessa…
The SIFMA PodcastConsiderations For Managing A Pandemic
COVID-19 has been unsparing in its impact around the globe, permeating nearly every aspect of our lives. Beyond the direct and severe effects on health and…
The SIFMA PodcastPlanning for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
In this podcast, Ken Bentsen, SIFMA President and CEO, along with Tom Price, managing director, and Charles DeSimone, vice president, both of whom work on…
The SIFMA PodcastSIFMA Opposes the Proposed New Jersey Financial Transaction Tax
SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. and SIFMA Managing Director Justin Sok discuss the proposed New Jersey financial transaction tax (FTT) and the…
The SIFMA PodcastDefining the Individual Investor
Exploring the SIFMA - Cerulli Individual Investor Research Project
The SIFMA PodcastSearching for the 'New Normal' - A Business Continuity Planning Update
The financial industry's response to the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) and the search for a 'new normal'In the face of a global pandemic, the…
The SIFMA PodcastCCAR 2020 During COVID-19: The Fed Should Stay the Course
Following up on a pair of blogs published over the last two weeks, our latest podcast dives into the 2020 CCAR stress testing and additional considerations…
The SIFMA PodcastFinancial Firms’ Outreach to Clients Amid COVID-19
SIFMA recently conducted a survey and released a report assessing how member firms are communicating with their financial advisors (FAs) and how, in turn, FAs…
The SIFMA PodcastWhat the NYSE Floor Closure Means
The global pandemic COVID-19 has caused extreme shocks to our economy and financial markets. A symbol of these unprecedented times, on March 23, the New York…
The SIFMA PodcastVIX And The Virus
The emergence of COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2020 caused severe shocks to the economy and capital markets. Volatility, as measured by the CBOE Volatility…
The SIFMA PodcastPodcast: They Who Hold the Data Should Bear the Liability
The latest edition of SIFMA’s podcast series covers a recent development related to the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) – the major regulatory initiative by the…
The SIFMA PodcastExtraordinary Actions – The Fed, Treasury and Congress vs. COVID-19
The Federal Reserve, the Department of the Treasury and Congress have undertaken unprecedented actions to buy financial assets, unclog the pipes of the…
The SIFMA PodcastExplaining the COVID-19 Stimulus Packages
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…
The SIFMA PodcastCOVID-19 and Operational Resiliency
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's President and…
The SIFMA PodcastSecurities Arbitration System Works Effectively and to the Benefit of Investors
In this podcast, we discuss the long-standing system of arbitration for dispute resolution, and the rather confounding animus toward it by some policymakers…
The SIFMA PodcastConcerns Remain Regarding 2020 Global Market Shock Component in 2020 Stress Tests
A discussion about the Federal Reserve's 2020 Supervisory Scenarios for the Annual Stress Test, in particular about what changes were made around the Global…
The SIFMA PodcastAML: Safeguarding Our Markets
With a sustained commitment to addressing the risk of money laundering and financial crime through securities firms, as well as strong collaboration between…