Advocacy & Resources

Testimony on Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary

SIFMA Head of Wealth Management, Retirement and State Government Relations, Lisa Bleier delivered testimony at a virtual hearing before the Department of Labor (DOL) regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary,” and related proposed prohibited transaction exemption amendments, expressing strong concern with…

US Corporate Bonds Statistics

SIFMA Research tracks issuance, trading and outstanding data for the U.S. corporate bond market. Issuance data is broken out into investment grade/high yield, nonconvertible/convertible, callable/noncallable and fixed rate/floating rate. Trading volume data has investment grade/high yield, public/144A, nonconvertible/convertible, by rating and interdealer breakouts. Data is downloadable by monthly, quarterly and…

T+1 Industry Implementation Playbook

Including a detailed implementation schedule, interim milestones, and identified dependencies Download Report Canadian Countdown Clock US Countdown Clock Executive Summary In 2017, the standard settlement cycle for securities traded on the secondary markets in the United States (US) was shortened to trade date plus two business days, commonly referred to…