Looking ahead to 2009
Today, SmartBrief returns with part 2 of our special year-end report. Part 1, published Tuesday, delivered a summary of the most important trends, stories and events of the past year. Part 2 provides responses to the SmartBrief reader survey and examines the issues and events that will shape our industry in 2009.
According to the SmartBrief survey (See results below), most readers believe the financial crisis will subside in the second half of 2009 or early 2010.
Even so, the financial tumult and the responses of policymakers will continue to drive the stories SmartBrief delivers in 2009. For example, how will the Obama administration handle the transition? How effectively will his team work with Congress to implement their policy initiatives? From a regulatory standpoint, how will regulatory reform reshape the rules and the agencies which oversee the industry? And, how will the markets respond to the continued implementation of the Troubled Asset Relief Program?
SmartBrief will also retain its focus on other issues that affect the markets and the firms that shape our business, as we watch to see whether the Federal Reserve will take its benchmark interest rate all the way to zero, for example. And after the failure of Lehman, which readers said was the most significant event of 2008, 2009 will answer whether this financial crisis has claimed its last major victim, or if there will be additional consolidation.
The coming year will no doubt be a riveting one for our industry. I hope you continue to turn to SIFMA SmartBrief for all the latest news and insight.
This story published in SIFMA SmartBrief on 12/11/2008
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