
Sarah Wynn covers securities and infrastructure for the Washington bureau.
Sarah Wynn covers securities and infrastructure for the Washington bureau.
Administrative failures or a lack of understanding of the rule may be to blame.
Municipal advisors can begin taking their principal exams in November.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking comment on exemptive relief for municipal advisors in some activities in private placement deals, eliciting fierce resistance from broker-dealer groups.
Issuers look for more options in their private placement deals amid conversation on broker dealers’ and municipal advisors’ roles.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority previously sanctioned UBS in 2015 for similar violations.
Ernesto Lanza will be leaving his position at Clark Hill to go to the SEC's Office of Municipal Securities, sources said.
At the SEC's invitation, Bond Dealers of America submitted a proposed framework for an exemptive order aimed at muni advisors on private placement deals.
New MSRB Chair Edward Sisk will start in his new role on Oct. 1.
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is reviewing its size and the composition of its board, and projects an operating deficit for the coming year.