The SIFMA Podcast
Business & Finance
About
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
- 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 mar…
- 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. Economi…
- 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.
- 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…
- 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 resour…
- 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 th…
- 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.
- 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 M…
- 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 o…
- 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 — an…
- 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.
- 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 th…
- 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 unpac…
- 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…
- 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 digita…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 S…
- 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 t…
- 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 regulato…
- 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 i…
- 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.
- 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 Stephe…
- 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, K…
- 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 M…
- 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-o…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 moderat…
- 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 ap…
- 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 I…
- 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 f…
- 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…
- 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 sca…
- 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…
- 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 Affai…
- 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 creat…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- Top of Mind with SIFMA Insights: What to Look For at Jackson Hole
In this episode of Top of Mind with SIFMA Insights, SIFMA’s Head of Research, Katie Kolchin, CFA, is joined by Dr. Lindsey Piegza, Chief Economist at Stifel and Chair of the SIFMA Economist Roundtable to discuss the status of inflation, th…
- SIFMA Insights Spotlight - July 2023 Market Metrics
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's Head of Research Katie Kolchin discusses the highlights from SIFMA Insights Monthly Metrics for July 2023. This report analyzes market metrics and trends for volatility, prices, and volumes in…
- Developing Emotional Connections to Issues of DE&I
In the last episode of Part I of SIFMA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Podcast series, SIFMA EVP and Head of DE&I, Cheryl Crispen sits down with John Taft, Vice Chair of Baird to discuss what it takes to be a committed DE&I advocate and ho…
- Prioritizing DE&I as a Business Imperative with a Client-Centered Focus
In the next episode of our DE&I podcast series, SIFMA’s EVP and Head of DE&I, Cheryl Crispen sits down with HSBC Senior Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Mark Steffensen to discuss how the firm prioritizes DE&I as a business impe…
- SIFMA Insights Spotlight - June 2023 Market Metrics
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's Head of Research Katie Kolchin discusses the highlights from SIFMA Insights Monthly Metrics for June 2023. This report analyzes market metrics and trends for volatility, prices, and volumes in…
- Enhancing a Culture of Inclusion
In the next episode of SIFMA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Podcast series, SIFMA’s EVP and Head of DE&I, Cheryl Crispen sits down with Charles Schwab Managing Director, Head of International Services, Lisa Hunt to discuss the ways tha…
- Leveraging a Data-Driven Approach for DEI
In the next episode of the 2023 SIFMA Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Podcast series, SIFMA EVP and Head of DE&I, Cheryl Crispen sits down with Alliance Bernstein Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion and Corporate Citizenship, Vanessa Cox-Ir…
- Top 10 Takeaways from SIFMA’s Economist Roundtable Mid-Year Survey
In this episode of the SIFMA Podcast, SIFMA's Katie Kolchin highlights the top ten results from our 2023 mid-year survey. After that, we’ll share a conversation between our president and CEO, Ken Bentsen, and the Chair of our Economist Rou…
- Dedicating DE&I to LGBTQ+ and Other Underrepresented Communities
In the first episode of our DE&I podcast series and to honor pride month, SIFMA EVP and Head of DE&I, Cheryl Crispen sits down with JPMorgan Chase Managing Director and Global Head of LGBTQ+ Affairs, Brad Baumoel, for a discussion on the f…