The Regional Bond Dealers Association (RBDA) is the predominant U.S.

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focused on representing regional and middle-market securities firms active in the fixed income markets. The RBDA is headquartered in Washington, DC, USA.

Formation

The RBDA was formed in March 2008 by 14 firms. The RBDA's stated mission is to "work to advocate public policies and market practices aimed at improving the market environment" and to "provide a forum for its members to discuss and debate issues of common interest."

Leadership and Members

The RBDA is led by a 15-member

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. As of October 2008, board members include: *Mark Medford (

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)
Vining Sparks
*Kenneth Williams (Vice Chair)
Stone & Youngberg LLC
*Silas Matthies (

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-Secretary), Wells Fargo Brokerage Services LLC *Miles Benickes
M.L. Stern & Co.
*Jeff Chapman, Fifth Third Securities *Jay Hiniker
Cronin & Co., Inc.
*Dan Leland
Southwest Securities
*Michael Marz
First Southwest Company
*Mike Newhouse
Seattle-Northwest Securities Corp.
*Demetri Patikas
Duncan - Williams, Inc.
*Alan Polsky
Dougherty & Company LLC
*Marc Porter
G.X. Clarke & Co.
*Tom Ricketts
Incapital LLC
*Don Winton
Crews & Associates, Inc.

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staff of the RBDA includes Chief Executive Officer Mike Nicholas. In addition to firms represented on the board of directors, membership in the RBDA include
Coastal Securities, Inc.
Comerica Securities
D.A. Davidson and Co.FTN Financial
Oppenheimer & Co. and Raymond James & Associates. Associate members includ
Broadridge FinancialMarketAxess
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TheMuniCenter

References

External links

RBDA Web site
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Securities Industry News
, date = 2008-03-07 , url = http://www.securitiesindustry.com/news/22100-1.html , accessdate = 2008-10-25 Securities (finance) Bond market Finance industry associations Trade associations based in the United States