International Policy

With offices in New York, Washington, D.C., London and Hong Kong, SIFMA and its affiliates represent the interests of over 600 member companies on the international stage to promote issues ranging from market expansion to the support of open and fair international trade and investment.

SIFMA’s International Trade and Policy Committee

Objective: Enhance environment for capital formation and investment by helping to open, strengthen and develop world class global markets and financial centers.

The Committee provides a strong mix of research, advocacy and targeted outreach to U.S. and foreign government officials across the full range of issues and regions relevant to global securities firms. Work falls into three broad categories which together comprise market opening and market enhancing initiatives, efforts focused wholly internationally and efforts that are cross border by nature:

  • Opening global markets;
  • Strengthening investment and regulatory climate in all markets for firms and their customers; and
  • Addressing international regulatory differences and disputes by promoting consistent regulation and legislation globally.

Global Regulatory Updates

Click here for SIFMA’s Global Weekly Update of major legislative and regulatory issues impacting the financial services sector around the world.  This section includes regulatory legislation issued in Europe and Asia, as well as studies and reports from international regulatory organizations such as IOSCO, CEBS, CESR and the FSB.

Global Outreach Efforts

SIFMA regularly issues comment letters in response to consultations and report issued by a number of international and national bodies. We also regularly initiate and participate in coalition letters:

SIFMA Briefing Papers

Below are papers summarizing key SIFMA priorities in a global context.

Additional Global Priorities:

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