July 2016

Feature Article

July's Last Friday
By Jim Toes
 
As we close out the month of July many of us are looking forward to an August vacation and all of us are wondering how two-thirds of this summer has come to pass already. Even on low volume days, our world of financial services is fast-paced compared to other industries. Therefore we are more prone to not notice how quickly time goes by. It's a price we pay for the careers we have chosen. But as we enter this last month of summer, all of us need to find the time to step away from work, even if just for a few days to read a book, take a walk or play a board game with people close to us. For as much as some of us believe that our workplace will fall apart in our absence, it will not. Decisions can wait, cell phones can be turned off and quality time with family and friends should be the only item on our daily agenda. On behalf of STA, we wish you all safe travels, good weather and great memories this August 2016. 




Registration for STA's 83rd Annual Market Structure Conference now open. 
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Women in Finance



Inaugural STA Women's Symposium Announces Keynote Speaker


STA WIF is pleased to announce Suni Harford, Managing Director and Citigroup's Regional Head of Markets for North America as keynote speaker.
News from the Hill



STA files comment letter on Consolidated Audit Trail, "CAT" - Jul 25, 2016
"The development of the Consolidated Audit Trail will represent an unprecedented opportunity to improve the Commission's ability to surveil the market. It is critical to have an informed and detailed understanding of order and trade processing to design a system that is capable of achieving the objectives of CAT".


STA Letter to House Financial Services Committee on "Financial CHOICE Act of 2016" discussion draft - 
Jul 15, 2016
While STA does not have a view on the appropriate amount of funding for the SEC to properly regulate the markets and to fulfill its new responsibilities under the Dodd-Frank Act, STA supports the Financial CHOICE Act provisions that allow other fees, beyond Section 31 fees, to also contribute to funding the Commission.
  
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