The Bond Dealers of America wrapped up its Third Annual National Fixed Income Conference this year in Denver, Colorado on October 6 & 7. At this widely-attended conference, attendees heard from featured speakers, attended a Municipal Market Compliance Seminar co-hosted by the MSRB and networked with other industry professionals.
Prior to the Conference kick-off, BDA hosted a Roundtable focused on issues facing Fixed Income Legal & Compliance, which was attended by over 15 dealers and moderated by Jonathan Stein of Raymond James and Brian Pearce of Wells Fargo Advisors. A detailed summary of this Roundtable will be circulated soon to BDA member firms.
At the National Fixed Income Conference, attendees heard from:
- Milroy Alexander, former CEO, Colorado Housing Finance Authority and Current MSRB Board Member
- Kathleen Miles, Associate General Counsel, MSRB
- Justin Pica, Director, Uniform Practice Policy, MSRB
- Larry Sandor, Senior Associate General Counsel, MSRB
- MSRB Presentation can be found here.
- Malcolm Northam, Director, Fixed Income Regulation, FINRA
- Steve Chamberlin, Manager, Tax Exempt Bonds, IRS
- Alan Polsky, SVP, Dougherty & Co. and Chair, MSRB Board of Directors
- Tom Doe, CEO and Founder of Municipal Market Advisors
- Presentation can be found here.
- Rick Roberts, former SEC Commissioner and Partner at Roberts, Raheb & Gradler
- Presentation can be found here.
- Howard Simmons, Strategist, Bianco Research
- Presentation can be found here.
- Dr. William Burns, SVP, Quantitative Research and Fixed Income Analytics, Interactive Data
- Presentation can be found here.
- Bill Daly, SVP, Government Relations, BDA
- Presentation on SEC Rule 15c3-5 can be found here.
Dealer Breakout sessions consisted of discussions focused on regulatory, legislative and market practice challenges and opportunities confronting middle market securities dealers and banks.
The Conference also included a discussion on Federal Tax Reform and Dodd-Frank provisions impacting the middle market dealers and an overview of BDA grassroots activities on Capitol Hill.
