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SIFMA Research Releases Issuance & Employment Reports

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Examine the changes in Q1 2013 long-term securities issuance and securities industry employment both quarter-over-quarter, year-over-year.

 

 

Giving our kids more than a piggy bank

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Rich Brueckner, Chief of Staff at BNY Mellon, urges us to teach our kids to make smart decisions about spending, saving, borrowing and investing with programs like the SIFMA Foundation Stock Market Game.

 

 

Municipal Bonds - Risky Business?

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Muni bonds offer investors tax exemption and low default risk, but a concern with any fixed-income instrument is the effect of rising interest rates on market value. Investors should consider duration risk when examining investment alternatives.

 

MAC Contract for Interest Rate Swaps

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Working in collaboration with ISDA, SIFMA’s Asset Management Group (AMG) proposes a new Market Agreed Coupon (MAC) Contract to promote liquidity and enhance transparency in interest rate swap markets.

 


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