published: 18-May-07 In testimony before the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, SIFMA stated the consolidation of the NASD and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) regulatory functions will provide more effective investor protection, while also ensuring more efficient regulation for market participants. For this story and more, read this week’s Washington Weekly .
published: 17-May-07 The May 2007 Research Quarterly reports that capital market issuance rose to $1.78 trillion in the first quarter of 2007, a 13.0 percent increase over the first quarter of 2006, and equity and high-yield bond sector valuations gain..
published: 27-Apr-07 In testimony this week, SIFMA supports the ability of regulated securities firms to own industrial loan companies. For this story and more, read this week’s Washington Weekly.
published: 25-Apr-07 The survey forecasts that the yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which was 4.65 percent at the time of the survey, will fall to 4.63 percent at the end of the second quarter and fall further to 4.60 percent by the end of the third quarter.
published: 20-Apr-07 In testimony this week SIFMA and ASF stressed the importance of policy makers ensuring any legislative response to current problems in the subprime mortgage market does not restrict the availability of credit to deserving borrowers. For this story and more, read this week’s Washington Weekly.
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