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Regional Bond Dealers Association
500 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Sixth Floor
Washington, DC 20001
O: 202.509.9515
F: 202.509.9514

About Us

The Regional Bond Dealers Association is the Washington, DC based organization that represents national, middle-market dealers active in the U.S. domestic fixed income markets. The RBDA is the only organization representing the unique interests of national, middle-market dealers. In addition to federal advocacy, the RBDA hosts a series of meetings and conferences specific to domestic fixed income.
 
The Regional Bond Dealers Association is focused on the unique business, market practice, regulatory, and legislative interests of middle market, sell-side, fixed income dealers. This homogeneous group of firms, along with staff based in Washington, DC, lobbies on federal legislative and regulatory issues while simultaneously offering programming and publications dedicated to this demographic of securities dealer.
Programming ranges from an annual conference to key regulator and policy maker meetings in Washington, DC to half-day roundtables and forums dedicated to fixed income senior management or focused on business or market practice issues like technology, compliance, operations, and new products and trading strategies.
Publications include debt issuance surveys, business and staffing trends, and an annual compensation survey encompassing ten distinct departments within fixed income capital markets.
Staff is based in Washington, DC and has a combined 35 years of political, securities industry, and trade association experience.

Board leadership:

Ken Williams, Chair
President & CEO
Stone & Youngberg LLC
One Ferry Building
San Francisco, CA 94111
Jeff Chapman, Vice Chair
Senior Vice President
Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
38 Fountain Square Plaza
Cincinnati, OH 45263
Demetri Patikas, Treasurer
Executive Vice President
Duncan-Williams, Inc.
6750 Poplar Avenue, #300
Memphis, TN 38138

Staff information:

Mike Nicholas
CEO
mnicholas@regionalbonddealers.com
202.509.9515