I attended the SIFMA Annual Meeting in Washington in early October. The one-day conference included several policy sessions on the market and economic outlook, a perspective on the evolution of wealth services, and the political landscape in the U.S. with mid-term elections in the offing.

Two interesting break-out sessions focused on changes to business models in fixed income trading and wealth management. Insights shared by experts are important not just to understand how the U.S. industry is evolving, but to foreshadow the direction Canadian dealers might take given changes in investor behavior in our markets. My summary comments are available here.