SIFMA Annual Meeting Shifts Focus, Location to Washington

For the first time since 2008, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association will hold its annual meeting in Washington, leaving New York and its capital markets for the city where those markets are regulated.

SIFMA’s annual meeting, slated for Nov. 10, has been held in New York since the onset of the financial crisis. The move to Washington in 2015 recognizes the city’s importance regarding financial market regulation, and the meeting’s changed format—no keynote speeches, for example—will afford attendees with a livelier and informative experience, Kenneth Bentsen, SIFMA chief executive officer and president said.