Communications: 2008 News & Reports
May 2, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read about an important educational update co-sponsored by ISDA®, MFA and SIFMA's AMG in relation to derivatives trade processing.
April 25, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read the agenda for the upcoming Asset Management Group's meeting in Washington, D.C., and the "Wall Street To Washington Conference" that follows the next day.
April 18, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read a recap on this week's Lunch & Learn on Valuations, as well as the timeline leading up to this week's event. Also, read about the recently proposed housing legislation proposed in Congress.
April 11, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read about the announced panelists for the valuations lunch and learn event on April 17. In this week's Credit Corner, the U.S. Senate passes the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, the White House releases a letter on housing legislation, the Senate hears testimony on the U.S. credit markets and the House Financial Services Committee on the credit markets.
April 4, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read about the upcoming AMG Steering Committee which will be held in Washinton, D.C.; read a recap on an AMG meeting with the SEC on valuation guidelines and the upcoming Wall Street to Washington Conference. And in this week's Credit Corner, read about Treasury's recently released blueprint on the credit crisis.
March 28, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read about the OMG's letter to the Federal Reserve on credit and equity derivatives; an upcoming AMG Lunch & Learn on Valuing Securities and Other Financial Instruments on April 17, 2008; and NASDAQ cancelling their symbology initiative. This week we add a new feature to the newsletter -- Credit Corner. This week, we look t Moody's soliciting comments on the proposed changes in mortgage securitization and Treasury Secretary Paulson addressing Fed oversight and the house market.
March 20, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read about an upcoming Asset Management Group Lunch & Learn on Valuing Securities and Other Financial Instruments on April 17, 2008; information on the new AMF Standard Fail Report White Paper; information regarding the SEC's No-Action Letter on Electronic Confirmations; information on the AMF's Overdrafts Guidelines which are now open for comment and the latest training class for Asset Managers on Bank Loans on April 7, 2008.
March 14, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read about the latest activities from Washington, including the President’s Working Group issuing a policy statement to improve the future state of the financial markets and SIFMA CEO’s response; the FHA Housing Stabilization & Homeownership Retention Act; the Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act of 2008; Congressional examination of the municipal bond industry and the SEC to issue guidance on auction rate debt; the SEC and CFTC formalize coordination (with video replay); and SIFMA’s support of the SEC efforts to reform U.S. Regulation.
February 29, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read a recap of the latest AMF Quarterly Meeting held on February 28 and read about the upcoming training class on credit derivatives on March 19.
February 22, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read a report on improvements to financial reporting and information on the upcoming buy side operations meeting.
February 15, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read about the three-day e-trading conference in London, recent remarks from Treasury officials on housing, regulation and GSE reform and information the upcoming Derivatives Processing Workshop.
February 8, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read about the latest initiatives being sponsored by the Asset Management Group.
February 1, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read about Assistant Treasury Secretary Ryan's recent speech addressing liquidity in the financial markets, a recent conference call on the Trade Information Warehouse for Derivatives and the AMF's participation at the recent SIFMA Operations Committee Offsite meeting on January 30-31.
January 25, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read a recap of the recent Asset Management Group's Steering Committee meeting which was held in Boston on January 23; and find out who our newest member firms are.
January 10, 2008
In this Weekly Report, read about the much-anticipated final release of the AMG's Best Execution Guidelines for Fixed-Income. Find out where asset management will be in 5 years at our January 15 lunch & learn. Lastly, recent remarks by Treasury Secretary Paulson on housing and the capital markets.