Advocacy & Resources

Testimony on Examining the SEC’s Agenda

SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets on a Hearing entitled, “Examining the SEC’s Agenda: Unintended Consequences for U.S. Capital Markets and Investors.” See Also: SIFMA Testimony at House Subcommittee Highlights Negative Consequences of SEC Rulemaking America's Capital Markets…

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…