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Written testimony for Kevin Carroll, Managing Director, and Associate General Counsel at SIFMA appearing before the U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration at the hearing on Improving Investment Advice for Workers and Retirees
SIFMA Insights Spotlight: Explaining SPACs and Analyzing Issuance Trends With the number of IPOs down over the last few years as companies stay private longer, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have grown in popularity as another tool to access capital. This trend accelerated in 2020, with the turbulent economic times…
When the Federal Reserve (”the Fed”) issued the results of its 2020 stress tests (which included a COVID-19 “sensitivity analysis”), it also announced that firms would be required to resubmit and update their capital plans later this year to reflect an updated view of potential stress scenarios . We expect…
As part of the ongoing financial industry backup site testing initiative that began in 2003, SIFMA leads an annual industry-wide business continuity test every October.