Ira D. Hammerman

Managing Director, Bates Group

Ira D. Hammerman is a Bates Group Managing Director with almost 40 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Before joining Bates Group in 2023, Mr. Hammerman was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of SIFMA, where he oversaw SIFMA’s legal advocacy efforts and outside counsel relationships since 2004. His tenure covered a wide range of strategic issues impacting the industry, from its response to the Credit Crisis of 2008 to the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 and from SIFMA’s advocacy on SRO Reform to its pursuit of the best-interest standard of care for broker-dealers, the preservation of the commission brokerage model of financial advice for retail clients, and the industry response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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