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The SIFMA Podcast
by SIFMA
SIFMA is the voice of the nation’s securities industry, bringing together the shared interests of hundreds of broker-dealers, banks and asset managers. We advocate for effective and resilient capital markets. Our podcast brings together market and industry experts to make the connection between public policy and finance.
Episodes
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What's Ahead for Rates, Jobs and Growth? Featuring Thomas Simons, Jefferies
In episode 6 of the Market Snapshot, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. and Director of Research Heidi Learner are joined by Tom Simons, Chief U.S. Economist at Jefferies, to discuss the outlook for Federal Reserve policy, evolving labor market dynamics, AI investment and…
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Market Snapshot: What’s Next for Rates and Markets? Featuring Mona Mahajan, Edward Jones
In Episode 05 of Market Snapshot, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. and Director of Research Heidi Learner are joined by Mona Mahajan, Principal and Head of Investment Strategy and Asset Allocation at Edward Jones. They discuss the outlook for Federal Reserve policy, rising Treasury...
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Market Snapshot: What's Driving the Economic Outlook? Featuring Scott Anderson, BMO
In Episode 04 of Market Snapshot, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. and Head of Research Heidi Learner recap recent market developments before turning to a replay of SIFMA’s mid-year Economist Council briefing. Featuring Scott Anderson, Chief U.S. Economist and Managing Director at...
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Regulating Digital Asset Wallets: Protecting Investors in Tokenized Markets
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. is joined by Peter Ryan, Charles DeSimone, and Micah Smith to discuss the regulatory questions shaping the next phase of tokenized securities markets.
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Market Snapshot: Is Productivity Driving Growth? Featuring Tom Porcelli, Wells Fargo
In Episode 03 of Market Snapshot, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. and Head of Research Heidi Learner are joined by Tom Porcelli, Chief Economist at Wells Fargo, to discuss the latest forces shaping markets. Against the backdrop of a surprise CPI release and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s...
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Building the Future of Operations: Key Takeaways from SIFMA Ops 2026
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, host Steve Byron is joined by Shawn Quant, Chief Information & Operations Officer at Piper Sandler and Chair of SIFMA’s Operations & Technology Board Subcommittee, and Deb Guarino, Managing Director at BNY Pershing and Chair of the SIFMA Operations &…
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Market Snapshot: Is AI Carrying the Economy? Featuring Marc Giannoni, Barclays
In Episode 02 of Market Snapshot, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. and Head of Research Heidi Learner are joined by Marc Giannoni, Chief U.S. Economist at Barclays, to discuss the evolving U.S. economic outlook. The conversation explores the resilience of consumer spending, the...
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Regulatory Clarity and Modernization: SEC Perspectives from the 2026 SIFMA C&L Annual Seminar
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, Saima Ahmed introduces two conversations from the 2026 SIFMA C&L Annual Seminar featuring SEC Chairman Paul Atkins with SIFMA President and CEO Ken Bentsen, and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce with Morgan Stanley’s Eric Grossman. Together, the discussions...
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Digital Assets at an Inflection Point
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, Ken Bentsen speaks with SIFMA’s Peter Ryan about the rapid evolution of digital assets, tokenized markets, and stablecoins. They discuss how regulatory clarity, institutional adoption, and emerging market infrastructure are accelerating the integration of...
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Market Snapshot: Inflation, Oil Prices, and the Fed with Matthew Luzzetti
A monthly podcast examining the forces shaping markets and the broader economy. In the inaugural episode, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. and Head of Research Heidi Learner are joined by Matthew Luzzetti, Chief U.S. Economist and Head of U.S. Economic Research at Deutsche Bank, to...
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Preparing for Treasury Clearing: Inside the Done-Away Model
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, Steve Byron speaks with Charles DeSimone, Ray Agoglia, and Elaine Li about the U.S. Treasury and Repo Clearing Done-Away Model Design Considerations report, published with EY in December 2025.
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Inside Quantum Dawn VIII: Testing Resilience in a Polycrisis
In this episode of the SIFMA podcast, Steve Byron, Managing Director, Head of Technology, Operations, and BCP, is joined by Todd Klesman, Managing Director, Financial Services, Cyber, and Technology, and Andy Retrum of Protiviti to discuss the Quantum Dawn VIII After Action Report. Their...
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Retail Investor Trends: Insights from Broadridge's Investor Pulse
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, Heidi Learner, Managing Director and Director of Research at SIFMA, speaks with Andrew Guillette, Vice President at Broadridge, about insights from Broadridge’s Investor Pulse — a data-driven resource built on real investor holdings and activity rather than...
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Inside the Outlook: SIFMA’s 2025 End-Year Economist Survey
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. reflects on the recent Member Briefing where he was joined by Scott Anderson, Ph.D., Chief US Economist and Managing Director at BMO and Co-Chair of the SIFMA Economist Roundtable, and Heidi Learner, Managing...
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Tokenized Securities: The Case for Investor Protection
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr., President and CEO of SIFMA, joins Charles DeSimone and Peter Ryan to discuss the critical importance of investor protections in markets for tokenized securities.
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A Recap of the Private Markets Valuation Roundtable
In this new episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA COO Joe Seidel is joined by Lindsey Keljo, Head of SIFMA AMG, and Lisa Bleier, Head of Wealth Management, Retirement, and State Government Relations, to share key takeaways from the Private Markets Valuation Roundtable, including: Why private and...
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Valuation Practices for Private Market Investments in Retirement Accounts
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, we share a replay from SIFMA’s Private Markets Valuation Roundtable. Panelists explore how private assets are allocated and evaluated in retirement and professionally managed accounts, the challenges of valuing private vs. public assets, and best practices…
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Valuation Principles and Existing Valuation Guardrails in the Private Markets
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, we share a replay from SIFMA’s Private Markets Valuation Roundtable. Panelists explore valuation principles, the guardrails already in place, and common misconceptions about valuing private assets — and discuss how greater transparency around valuation...
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Remarks from SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda at SIFMA's Private Market Valuation Roundtable
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, we feature a replay of the remarks made from SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda.
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Inside the Numbers: SIFMA’s US Economic Survey, Mid-Year 2025
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. reflects on the recent Member Briefing where he was joined by Scott Anderson, Ph.D., Chief US Economist and Managing Director at BMO and Co-Chair of the SIFMA Economist Roundtable. Together, they unpack key...
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Protecting Senior Investors from Financial Exploitation: A Recap of the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Webinar
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's President and CEO speaks with Lisa Bleier, Head of Wealth Management, Retirement, and State Government Relations at SIFMA, and Jennifer Spoeri, Executive Director of NAPSA. Together, they unpack key takeaways from the recent World Elder Abuse…
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SIFMA Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) Reform Recommendations
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., is joined by colleague Joe Corcoran, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, to discuss SIFMA’s recommendations to the Securities and Exchange Commission on how to reform the Consolidated Audit Trail…
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Recommendations and Considerations for the SEC’s Crypto Task Force RFI on Digital Assets
In the latest episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. is joined by colleagues Peter Ryan and Charles DeSimone to unpack SIFMA's response to the SEC Crypto Task Force’s request for information on digital assets. Together, they discuss: Key issues raised by...
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Regulation, Innovation, and Risk: A Recap of SIFMA’s 25th Annual AML Conference
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, we recap key moments from SIFMA’s 2025 Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crimes Conference, held in Washington, DC. SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., is joined by Saima Ahmed, SIFMA's Executive Vice President and General Counsel, and Bernard...
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Insights on the Future of Operations: Highlights from SIFMA Ops
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, we recap highlights from SIFMA’s 2025 Operations Conference & Exhibition, held in Orlando, Florida. SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., is joined by Chief Operating Officer Joseph Seidel and Stephen Byron, Managing Director and Head of…
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Financial Literacy Month: Insights from the SIFMA Foundation and Charles Schwab
In recognition of Financial Literacy Month, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. hosts a discussion with Lisa Hunt, Managing Director and Head of International Services at Charles Schwab, and Melanie Mortimer, President of the SIFMA Foundation. In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast…
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Rethinking Leverage Ratios: Why US Treasuries Should Be Exempt
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA Chief Operating Officer Joseph Seidel is joined by Dr. Guowei Zhang, Managing Director at SIFMA, to unpack the critical role of leverage ratios in the U.S. Treasury market – and why exempting them from leverage ratio calculations may be key to...
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Shaping the 2025 Regulatory Roadmap: Insights from the SEC and FINRA at SIFMA’s C&L Seminar
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with SIFMA General Counsel Saima Ahmed to unpack key takeaways from the 2025 SIFMA Compliance & Legal Annual Seminar. They discuss top regulatory priorities, evolving compliance expectations, and…
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What's In Store for the Equity Markets in 2025
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA’s President and CEO, Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., sits down with Katie Kolchin, CFA to discuss the latest U.S. Equity Market Structure Compendium. This report summarizes market activity and themes in 2024, including: the AI boom, market concentration,...
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What’s In Store for Fixed Income Markets in 2025
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA’s President and CEO, Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., sits down with Katie Kolchin, CFA to discuss the themes and market metrics that are shaping the U.S. fixed income markets in 2025.
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What the New Treasury Clearing Timeline Means for Markets
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's Chief Operating Officer, Joseph Seidel, sits down with Robert Toomey, the head of SIFMA's capital markets group, William Thum, managing director in SIFMA’s Asset Management Group, and Stephen Byron, the head of SIFMA’s operations and technology group,...
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SIFMA's 2025 Priorities
Recently, SIFMA has met with our Board to set our 2025 priorities on behalf of our members and in support of our mission to promote effective and resilient capital markets. In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's president and CEO, Ken Bentsen, and SIFMA's COO, Joseph Seidel, sit down to...
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Considerations to Prepare for US Treasury Clearing
Who is subject to the SEC's rules? When do they go into effect? What are the margin implications? How will firms account for increased volumes? In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's COO, Joseph Seidel, sits down with EY's Brendan Maher and SIFMA's Steve Byron, William Thum, and Rob Toomey...
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Highlights from SIFMA's 2024 Annual Meeting
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, we highlight just some of the conversations that took place at SIFMA's Annual Meeting. Our discussions with industry leaders like BlackRock's Larry Fink and Edward Jones' Penny Pennington include top-of-mind issues including: The expanding role of the capital...
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How Markets Work: A Deep Dive on the Capital Markets Primer
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, Ken Bentsen, SIFMA's President and CEO, is joined by Katie Kolchin, SIFMA Managing Director and Head of Research, for a discussion around the recently updated SIFMA Insights Primer series. This series of reports explains the inner workings of capital markets,...
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Top 5 Takeaways from SIFMA’s 2024 Ops Conference
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, Ken Bentsen, SIFMA’s president, and CEO, sits down with Stephen Byron, Managing Director, Head of Technology, Operations, and Business Continuity, SIFMA to discuss the 5 key takeaways from SIFMA’s 2024 Operations and Technology Conference and what’s ahead in...
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An Update on the Path to Clearing US Treasuries
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, we share a replay of the Treasury Clearing panel discussion at SIFMA’s recent Operations Conference & Exhibition. But first, SIFMA’s Chief Operating Officer, Joseph Seidel, sits down with panel moderator Robert Toomey and SIFMA Asset Management Group’s Bill...
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The Flawed Economic Analysis Underpinning SEC Rule Proposals
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA’s Chief Operating Officer Joseph Seidel sits down with Craig Lewis, former Chief Economist and Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, or DERA, at the SEC, to discuss the SEC’s approach to economic analysis as the basis for rule proposals.
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The Latest: Why the Basel III Endgame Must be Re-Proposed
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's Chief Operating Officer Joseph Seidel sits down with Dr. Peter Ryan, Managing Director, and Head of International Capital Markets and Strategic Initiatives, to discuss the status of the Basel III Endgame proposal in the United States. A recent study...
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Advocacy, Action, & Access: Q&A with the 2023-2024 Chair of SIFMA's Board of Directors
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. and Ken Cella, Principal and Head of External Affairs for Edward Jones and 2023-2024 Chair of SIFMA's Board of Directors, discuss SIFMA's commitment to fostering effective and efficient capital markets, our role...
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The Path to Clearing US Treasuries
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. sits down with Robert Toomey and William Thum, who outline SIFMA and SIFMA AMG's partnership to advance multiple workstreams and short-term deliverables that will set the stage for long-term implementation.…
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The SIFMA Podcast: Why the Basel III Endgame Must Be Re-Proposed
In this episode of The SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's Joseph Seidel and Dr. Peter Ryan identify and discuss three key takeaways from SIFMA's recent Basel III Endgame Roundtable. The Basel III Endgame package of reforms: Is unprecedented in its scale and scope and deviates from its original intent; Must…
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The Move to T+1: The Final 30 Days
In this episode of SIFMA's podcast, Ken Bentsen, SIFMA's President and CEO, and Tom Price, Managing Director of Technology Operations and Business Continuity, discuss the final days leading up to the transition to T+1 day settlement. They discuss the industry's readiness for the transition, the...
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How the DOL’s Retirement Rule Conflicts with Investor Needs
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast SIFMA President & CEO Ken Bentsen sits down with Scott Smith, Director of Advice Relationships at Cerulli Associates, and Lisa Bleier, Head of Wealth Management and Retirement and State Government Affairs at SIFMA. They discuss new findings issued by SIFMA and...
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Tapping Into the Talent Pool of Neurodiversity
About 30% of the world is neurodivergent and these are major untapped talent pools. With some minor adjustments and accommodations to workplace processes we can enable these colleagues to work in this industry, be their very best and create an inclusive culture. In the latest episode of our SIFMA...
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Recruiting and Empowering Military Veterans
The military is one of the most diverse organizations in the world. It requires a diverse skill set and grit to be in the service and we learn just how easily veterans can translate those skills into the financial services industry. In the next episode of our SIFMA DE&I Podcast series, we chat…
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Leveraging Diverse Mentors and Sponsors in Career Development
We kick-off part II of our SIFMA DE&I Podcast series with PIMCO’s Head of Public Policy, Libby Cantrill, for a discussion on Libby’s career path starting from what sparked her initial interest in finance to her time on Capitol Hill and the journey that has led to her current role at PIMCO. She...
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Top Five Takeaways from SIFMA’s 2023 Market Structure Conference
In this episode of The SIFMA podcast, Joe Siedel, SIFMA's Chief Operating Officer, and colleague Ellen Greene, Managing Director of Equity and Options Market Structure, discuss why the SEC's rulemaking agenda continues to raise questions. They dive into some of the key questions around the equity...
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Top of Mind with SIFMA Insights: September FOMC Rate Pause – What’s Next?
In this episode of Top of Mind with SIFMA Insights, Katie Kolchin, CFA, Head of Research, is joined by Torsten Slok, Chief Economist and Partner at Apollo Global Management to recap the recent FOMC meeting, exploring the actions taken and shedding light on the future of rate hikes.
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SIFMA is the voice of the nation’s securities industry, bringing together the shared interests of hundreds of broker-dealers, banks and asset managers. We advocate for effective and resilient capital markets. Our podcast brings together market and industry experts to make the connection between public policy and finance.
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