Tim Ryan

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  Lawmakers Grill DOL’s Solis on Fiduciary Duty Redraft

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 21, 2012

  At a House hearing, lawmakers took Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to task Wednesday over how the DOL’s recrafting of its fiduciary rule is progressing—specifically on the timing of the re-proposed rule and the rule’s inclusion of IRAs.

• The Client. The Client. The Client.

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2012

  The last words of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur’s farewell speech at West Point went like this: “…when I cross the river, my last conscious thoughts will be of the Corps, the Corps, the Corps.”

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  SIFMA’s Ryan, Bentsen: Fiduciary, SRO Action on Horizon in 2012, but Not 12b-1

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 13, 2012

  2012 will be the year of ‘finalizing’ Dodd-Frank implementation, adds SIFMA’s Ryan.

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  SIFMA Says Volcker Rule Threatens to Freeze Corporate Bond Market

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 12, 2012

  SIFMA says that an overly restrictive implementation of the Volcker rule could severely reduce liquidity in the $1 trillion U.S. corporate bond market.

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  SIFMA Recognizes Women’s Group at Baird, Other Firms

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  November 10, 2011

  The industry group shares awards with Baird, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, BofA, Citi, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse for diversity programs.

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  Big U.S. Banks Are ‘Uninvestable,’ Say Industry Insiders at SIFMA Meeting

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 8, 2011

  Industry insiders criticized big U.S. banks as being “uninvestable” on Tuesday at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) annual meeting in New York.

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  ‘Volcker Rule’ Proposal Approved by FDIC; Wall St. Fumes

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  October 11, 2011

  Wall Street firms decry proposed rules to take effect in July 2012; FDIC will accept comments until Jan. 13.

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  2011: The Year the Advisors’ Playing Field Fundamentally Changes

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 1, 2011

  All eyes this year will be focused on the exchanges that will ensue between lawmakers and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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  SIFMA to Play 'Active Role' in Guiding Dodd-Frank Implementation, CEO Ryan Says

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 18, 2011

  2010 was the year that produced Dodd-Frank, but 2011 will be the year when “many of the questions that are outstanding as to how financial services will be changed” will be answered, said Tim Ryan, CEO of SIFMA.

• SEC May Impose Disclosure-Only Reg, Not Fiduciary Duty, for Brokers

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 3, 2011

  As the Jan. 21 deadline approaches for the SEC's reports to Congress, industry groups are voicing their concerns about what an SEC-crafted fiduciary standard may look like.