The SIFMA Podcast

In this podcast, SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. and managing director Tom Price discuss SIFMA’s new white paper on security tokens. The paper, which was co-authored by SIFMA and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, provides a foundational understanding of how distributed ledger technology (DLT) and digital assets such as security tokens interplay with the current securities market. It also describes the key operational challenges faced by U.S. broker-dealers hoping to adopt this technology and recommends where regulatory clarity would be helpful in addressing these challenges. Learn more at www.sifma.org.

For the second podcast in our D&I series, SIFMA’s Amena Ross, Managing Director of Advocacy, sat down with Jim Reynolds, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Loop Capital Markets LLC, to discuss the financial services industry, diversity and inclusion, and how building an intentional company culture can help recruit and retain diverse talent.

Melissa MacGregor, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel at SIFMA, sat down with Larry Bortstein, Founder of Bortstein Legal Group, and Lou Trotta, Senior Counsel at BLG, to talk about the new white paper SIFMA wrote in collaboration with Bortstein Legal Group, Navigating Regulatory Challenges in Cloud Infrastructure Services Agreements.For a transcript of this discussion and more, please visit: https://www.sifma.org/resources/news/clearing-up-regulatory-obligations-in-cloud-services-2-0

In this first podcast of our Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) series, SIFMA’s Amena Ross, Managing Director of Advocacy, sat down with Edward Jones’ Vanessa Okwuraiwe, Principal of Diversity and Inclusion, to talk about the future of the financial services industry and the innovative D&I programs at Edward Jones. The conversation also highlights the importance of creating a positive and meaningful impact in the communities we serve as well as for our clients and colleagues.

COVID-19 has been unsparing in its impact around the globe, permeating nearly every aspect of our lives. Beyond the direct and severe effects on health and wellness, how we live and work has changed in ways many of us previously thought unthinkable. Business continuity planning, cybersecurity and operational resilience remain among the top agenda items in board rooms across the industry.Ken Bentsen, president and CEO of SIFMA, sat down with Ron Lefferts, global leader of technology consulting at Protiviti, and Tom Price, managing director and head of SIFMA's technology, operations and business continuity team, to explore a new report for SIFMA members that outlines initial lessons learned as well as considerations for business leaders as they strategize over how to build resilience and thrive in this new environment.For a transcript of this discussion and more, please visit:https://www.sifma.org/resources/news/podcast-managing-a-pandemic

In this podcast, Ken Bentsen, SIFMA President and CEO, along with Tom Price, managing director, and Charles DeSimone, vice president, both of whom work on SIFMA’s operations, technology, cyber & BCP efforts, provide an informative overview of the industry-wide business continuity test facilitated by SIFMA on October 24, 2020 and highlight its successful completion.

SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. and SIFMA Managing Director Justin Sok discuss the proposed New Jersey financial transaction tax (FTT) and the negative impact FTTs have on investors and savers.

Exploring the SIFMA - Cerulli Individual Investor Research Project

The financial industry's response to the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) and the search for a 'new normal'In the face of a global pandemic, the financial industry has relied upon its robust business continuity planning efforts. Ken Bentsen, president and CEO of SIFMA, sat down with Ron Lefferts, global leader of technology consulting at Protiviti, and Tom Price, managing director and head of SIFMA's technology, operations and business continuity team, to explore the story behind the industry’s business continuity planning efforts in the face of a global pandemic.Transcript and more:https://www.sifma.org/resources/news/podcast-managing-a-pandemic/

Following up on a pair of blogs published over the last two weeks, our latest podcast dives into the 2020 CCAR stress testing and additional considerations related to COVID-19.Joe Seidel, Chief Operating Officer at SIFMA sat down with Coryann Stefansson, Managing Director and head of prudential capital and liquidity policy and Carter McDowell, Managing Director, Associate General Counsel, and head of prudential policy to discuss why there is no compelling case, particularly related to the capital markets, to step away from current validated methodologies for CCAR.Transcript and more:https://www.sifma.org/resources/news/podcast-ccar-2020-during-covid-19-the-fed-should-stay-the-course/