On February 25, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (“MSRB”) proposed new Rule G-44 imposing a supervision and compliance requirements for Municipal Advisors (“MA’s”). The Dodd-Frank Act imposed a new regulatory regime...more
Reacting in part to recent data-breaches and cyber-attacks on larger retailers, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) is conducting a targeted examination of some 20 broker-dealer member firms’ compliance and...more
On January 9, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) issued its annual “hot-topics” list of examination priorities for 2014.
National Exam Program Priorities across OCIE’s entire program...more