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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-13-050684
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130925
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130926
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130926

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001270436
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211]
		IRS NUMBER:				161685692
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CIRA CENTRE, 2929 ARCH STREET
		STREET 2:		17TH FLOOR
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19104-2870
		BUSINESS PHONE:		215-701-9555

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CIRA CENTRE, 2929 ARCH STREET
		STREET 2:		17TH FLOOR
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19104-2870

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COHEN & Co INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20091216

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ALESCO FINANCIAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061006

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SUNSET FINANCIAL RESOURCES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20031117

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Mead Park Capital Partners LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001587389
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32026
		FILM NUMBER:		131117603

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		126 EAST 56TH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-432-4755

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		126 EAST 56TH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
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    <periodOfReport>2013-09-25</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerCik>0001270436</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>IFMI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Mead Park Capital Partners LLC</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O MEAD PARK HOLDINGS LP</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>126 EAST 56TH STREET, 19TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.001</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1949167</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Convertible Senior Promissory Note</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>3.00</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2013-09-25</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2018-09-25</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock, par value $0.001</value>
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                    <value>1949167</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Under certain situations, Institutional Financial Markets, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;) can elect to pay interest on the convertible senior promissory note by increasing the principal amount of the note. If the Company elects this option, the number of shares that the note converts into will increase.  The maximum number of shares of the Company's common stock (subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments) that the note can convert into is 2,897,204 shares (assuming no interest is paid in cash).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Joseph W. Pooler, Jr., as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-09-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<PRE>
                                                                    Exhibit 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        The undersigned, Mead Park Capital Partners LLC, hereby authorizes and
designates Joseph W. Pooler, Jr., Chief Financial Officer of Institutional
Financial Markets, Inc. ("the Company"), Rachael Fink, Secretary of the Company
and any individual such persons may designate, individually and not jointly, as
its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for it and in its name, place
and stead, to (1) sign and file for and on behalf of the undersigned any and all
Forms 3, 4 and 5 required to be signed and filed by the undersigned pursuant to
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; (2) do and perform
any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such filings, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
Company or the applicable attorney-in-fact.

        Dated this 25th day of September, 2013.

                                                  /s/ Mead Park Capital Partners LLC
                                                  ----------------------------------
                                                  Mead Park Capital Partners LLC
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