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Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan INVEST Act — a meaningful step toward modernizing our securities laws to better serve investors and strengthen America’s financial ecosystem. This legislation includes provisions to: ✔️ Modernize e-delivery rules while preserving paper delivery options ✔️ Provide retirement plan parity for 403(b) plans by permitting investment in CITs and insurance separate accounts ✔️ Expand pathways to qualify as accredited investors based on professional expertise or SEC-created examinations ✔️ Enhance investor protection through a Senior Investor Taskforce at the SEC ✔️ Support IPO activity and public-company entry through JOBS Act-style provisions ✔️ Expand eligibility for Well-Known Seasoned Issuers (WKSIs) to strengthen public capital markets Read SIFMA's release: https://bit.ly/48ZbEnj Learn more about the INVEST Act: https://bit.ly/4ajmK9a

📊 SIFMA Research's U.S. Banks Quarterly: 3Q 2025 dives into the latest financials, balance-sheet statistics and regulatory ratios of CCAR banks. Key findings: ➡️ Total revenue is up 5.1 % Q/Q and 10.8 % Y/Y ➡️ Assets reached $21.5 trillion (+5.6 % Y/Y) ➡️ CET1 Capital at 12.8%; +4.2 pps since 2009, 2.3 pps above maximum requirement Read the full report here 👉 https://bit.ly/3XRm8zS

The Federal Reserve’s proposed 2026 Global Market Shock scenarios aim to increase transparency — but do they reflect real market behavior? In a new blog post, SIFMA’s Guowei Zhang finds that many shocks exceed historical norms and lack real-world clustering, raising questions about the framework’s empirical plausibility. 📘 Read more: https://bit.ly/48lZ3LJ

SIFMA recently responded to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's concept release on Regulation AB, which governs disclosure requirements for registered ABS, including RMBS. No registered RMBS have been issued since 2013, leaving the market inactive for more than a decade. In a new post, Chris Killian outlines why modernizing Regulation AB is essential to restoring a viable registered RMBS market. 📖 Read the blog: https://bit.ly/4rvo4M2

SIFMA supports innovation in the securities markets, but the benefits of tokenized securities depend on maintaining the core investor-protection and market-integrity principles that underpin the strength of U.S. markets. In a new post, Peter Ryan, Ph.D. outlines why tokenized securities and the platforms that support them must meet the same standards as traditional markets, cautioning against broad exemptions and urging narrowly tailored, transparent relief. Read more: https://bit.ly/3KwDcs2

🏠 6,270 Days and Counting: What’s Next for the GSEs and U.S. Housing Finance? It’s been over 17 years since Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac entered conservatorship — and the future of housing finance reform is once again in focus. In this post, SIFMA's Chris Killian outlines key priorities for U.S. housing finance reform: preserve the TBA market, define a clear government role, strengthen private capital, and maintain access to the 30-year fixed mortgage. 📖 Read more: https://bit.ly/4hI8Ui4