SIFMA Annual Meeting 2013

Highlights from the Financial Industry's Premier Gathering

SIFMA's Annual Meeting convened financial services industry leaders with prominent policymakers, thought leaders and financial media. The theme of the 2013 event, "Helping Americans Succeed, Helping Main Street Prosper, tied together presentations by Former President Bill Clinton, Former Governor Jeb Bush, SEC Chair Mary Jo White, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and others, who offered their insights into the role of financial services in providing the capital to fuel the U.S. economy and enhance prosperity for all Americans.

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President Clinton gives remarks at SIFMA's 2013 Annual Meeting.

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Jim Rosenthal, Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Stanley and Chair-Elect of the SIFMA Board of Directors, in discussion with President Bill Clinton.

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President Clinton gives remarks at SIFMA's 2013 Annual Meeting.

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Former Governor Jeb Bush tells the audience, "Simply stated, banks fuel growth." With Becky Quick of CNBC.

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A packed room listens attentively to Governor Bush's remarks.

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Mary Jo White, Chair of the SEC, discusses equity market structure, the role of SROs, money market fund reform and the impending Volcker Rule with Bloomberg Television's Peter Cook.

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Mary Jo White, Chair of the SEC, holds a press scrum following her remarks.

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Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, with Bloomberg Television's Trish Regan.

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The leaders of the financial services industry gathered in New York City for an annual meeting with prominent policymakers, thought leaders and the financial media.

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"We have to continue to challenge our associates in our firms to remember that putting clients first isn't just something we say, it's something we do every day," said Chet Helck, CEO of the Global Private Client Group for Raymond James Financial, Inc. and Chair of the SIFMA Board of Directors.

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Jim Rosenthal, Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Stanley and SIFMA Chair-Elect, defines how the financial services industry is the necessary foundation for America's path to prosperity.

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Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, talks with Politico's Ben White about creating opportunities for society by investing in education.

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Karen Peetz, President of BNY Mellon, talks with Mary Thompson of CNBC on how the industry can serve clients through a "global reset."

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Former Senator Judd Gregg, SIFMA's CEO, elaborates to the press on his remarks to the audience that the basic purpose of the financial services industry is to help Americans succeed and Main Street prosper.

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Karl Schimmeck, Managing Director of Financial Services Operations for SIFMA and a former U.S. Marine, announces a portion of registration fees will be donated to a Veterans group for tuition to SIFMA's Securities Industry Institute (SII), the industry's premier executive education program held for over 60 years in partnership with The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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James A. Runde – Special Advisor to Morgan Stanley, a former Nuclear Engineer for the U.S. Navy, and head of the firm's Veterans employee networking group – describes how hiring highly-trained Veterans into the financial services industry is a mutually beneficial partnership.

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John Taft, CEO of RBC Wealth Management-U.S. and Chair Emeritus of the SIFMA Board of Directors, addresses the audience.

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Gerri Willis of Fox Business asks Paul Purcell, Chairman, President & CEO of R.W. Baird, how the industry can work with the American people to encourage their confidence.

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SIFMA President Ken Bentsen welcomes SIFMA's 2013-2014 Board of Directors.

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This student, a regional winner in the Stock Market GameTM, addressed a crowd of nearly 1,000 financial industry experts, impressing them with her stock-picking strategy.

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Melanie Mortimer, Executive Director of the SIFMA Foundation, welcomes regional winners of the Stock Market GameTM and InvestWrite competitions.

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A regional winner in the Stock Market GameTM peruses the Bloomberg terminals on the conference floor.

Featured Post

Storify - SIFMA Annual Meeting Highlights: Helping Main Street Succeed, Helping Americans Prosper: Check out SIFMA's post on Storify, recapping our speakers shared commitment to national prosperity.  As Karen Peetz of BNY Mellon said, "we're all united by one important thing, a fervent desire to do our part to help our economy get stronger and to help all Americans prosper."

Featured News 

	Video: BlackRock's Fink: Fed Needs to Begin Tapering (Trish Regan)
	Video: Sequester counterproductive to discretionary activity: Gregg (Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, Andrew Ross Sorkin)
	Video: Mary Jo White: Expect 'Concrete' Moves on Exchanges  (Peter Cook)
	Goldman CEO on Chris Christie: "I Like Him, I Do, I Think He's Authentic" (Matthew Zeitlin) BlackRock's Larry Fink: Finicky Corporate Boards And U.S. Government Holding Back the U.S. Economy (Matthew Zeitlin)
	Financial Leaders Tell Investors to Look on Bright Side (Justin Baer and Shayndi Raice)
	The Jeb Bush boomlet — Blankfein on Christie — Yellen hearing prep (Ben White)
	Larry Fink: The Fed needs to kiss Bernanke goodbye with a December taper (Ben Eisen)
	Video: Wealth Strategies with Judd Gregg (Rhonda Schaffler)
	White: No Timeframe for Fiduciary Standard (Mason Braswell)
	No Big Bang Fix for Fannie, Freddie Reform (Shanthi Bharatwaj)

Presentations and Publications

• Senator Judd Gregg, CEO, SIFMA - Helping Americans Succeed | Helping Main Street Prosper
•  Jim Rosenthal, Chief Operating Officer, Morgan Stanley - The U.S. Path to Prosperity  
• Paul Purcell, Chairman, President & CEO, Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. - Baird at a glance
• Regulation Through Substitution as Policy Tool: The Futurization of Swaps Under Dodd-Frank: A publication of the Columbia Business Law Review by Gabriel D. Rosenberg, a panelist on The Futurization of Swaps panel, and Jai R. Massari. 

Resources

•  Our Partnership with You: This new resource, unveiled at the SIFMA Annual Meeting represents the financial services industry's commitment to helping clients achieve their financial goals by providing the highest quality advice, products and service standards to inspire the trust and confidence of investors around the world.  
• Invest it Forward: In January 2014, SIFMA and the SIFMA Foundation will launch Invest It Forward, an industry-wide financial education and capital markets literacy campaign convening hundreds of financial firms that are committed to giving young Americans a solid understanding of the capital markets system and the invaluable tools to achieve their dreams.
• SIFMA Online Resource Centers: Comprehensive summaries of critical business, legislative and regulatory issues that affect the financial services industry:

Press Releases

• SIFMA Announces Annual Diversity Leadership Awards   
• SIFMA's Board of Directors Announces Newly Elected Officers

In Gratitude: Our Veterans

Twitter Buzz

Larry Fink says we need to educate society about longevity and preparing for the future #SIFMA

— BlackRock® (@blackrock) November 12, 2013

.@SEC's Mary Jo White talks Volcker rule, enforcement push & more with me at SIFMA mtg @BloombergTV http://t.co/G9EQWerFij

— Peter Cook (@PeterCCook) November 12, 2013

Jim Rosenthal makes the case for a strong and balanced US financial services industry at #SIFMA annual conference. pic.twitter.com/YfB1lI54sS

— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) November 12, 2013

Fmr. Florida Jeb Bush at SIFMA "simply stated banks help fuel growth", but banks are running into a "regulatory buzzsaw".

— Mary Thompson (@MThompsonCNBC) November 12, 2013

Bill Clinton says we need to create a climate where ppl want to invest #SIFMA #SIFMAAnnual pic.twitter.com/PMnDGjL0Vd

— WealthManagement.com (@wealth_mgmt) November 12, 2013

#SIFMA CEO Gregg: Financial markets basic purpose is to help Americans succeed and Main Street prosper pic.twitter.com/2uiIfPyj7d

— SIFMA (@SIFMA) November 12, 2013

#SIFMA Annual begins! Chair Helck: Can't just say it; we must put clients 1st every day @RaymondJames pic.twitter.com/3ISZjtKCa3

— SIFMA (@SIFMA) November 11, 2013