Top Regulators and Financial Leaders Headline STA Market Structure Conference

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Security Traders Association's 81^st Annual Market Structure Conference will kick off October with a packed agenda of public- and private-sector leaders assessing the critical issues facing the securities industry. The industry's top gathering about market structure takes place Oct. 1-3, 2014, at the Mayflower Renaissance in Washington, D.C.

"Our speakers and panelists have a direct hand or stake in the evolution of our financial markets, underscoring our theme of 'Together, Building Tomorrow's Markets Today,'" said STA President and CEO Jim Toes. "STA's mission here is to continue educating the industry on these critical issues, so that they can be informed participants in changes that have a big impact on our investing clients and our industry."     

Featured speakers include:

• Brandon Becker, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, TIAA-CREF; Former Director of the SEC's Division of Trading and Markets
• Dan Gallagher, SEC Commissioner
• Admiral Mike Mullen, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Richard Ketchum, Chairman and CEO, FINRA
• Steve Luparello, Director, SEC Division of Trading and Markets
• Tom Farley, President, NYSE
• Robert Greifeld, CEO, NASDAQ OMX
• Edward Provost, President and COO, CBOE Holdings
• Troy Paredes, Former SEC Commissioner
• Jill Sommers, Former CFTC Commissioner
• Matt Lyons, Senior Vice President, The Capital Group

Industry panels will address dark pools; the "tick pilot"; exchanges, market making and intermediation in the 21^st century; big data and other challenges for buy-side traders; social media in finance; retail investors: what they want and know; and listed options: demand and regulatory items.

Special guest speakers will include "Freakonomics" co-author Stephen Dubner and U.S. Medal of Honor recipient Col. Jack Jacobs.       

To see the complete list of speakers and to register, visit: http://www.securitytraders.org/81st-annual-market-structure-conference/

The Security Traders Association is a trade organization for individual professionals in the securities industry that works to improve ethics, business standards and working environment for its members. STA includes 26 affiliate organizations and 4,200 members, most of whom are engaged in the trading of securities. The STA mission is to represent security trading professionals as a champion and educator; support capital formation and marketplace innovation; and promote investor trust, professional ethics and market integrity.

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