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SIFMA's bipartisan leadership experiment ends quickly

After just seven months, former Sen. Judd Gregg steps down from CEO spot, leaving Ken Bentsen as association's sole leader An unusual leadership arrangement for associations turned out to be a rather short-lived one this month, as former GOP Sen. Judd Gregg resigned as CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Dec. 12, just seven months after taking the position. Since last May when Gregg started the CEO job, SIFMA has been led by two former lawmakers from different parties. Ken Bentsen, former Democratic congressman from Texas, has been the group's president. With Gregg stepping down (he will stay with the group as senior adviser), the tag-team… Read More