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Gensler first raised concerns about bond transparency in September, saying he’d asked the SEC staff to recommend ways to make the markets for corporate and municipal debt and mortgage backed-securities less opaque.
According to charges filed by the Justice Department and the SEC, New Jersey–based b/d and investment advisor Kenneth Welsh used clients’ funds to buy gold coins and precious metals.
The order concerning Lexion Capital Management comes one week after the commission claimed a Syracuse-based firm failed to file and deliver its form to the SEC and clients.
The Labor Department announced it would not pursue claims against fiduciaries acting 'diligently and in good faith' to comply with the rule through Jan. 31, 2022, and it would not enforce rollover requirements through the end of June.
One securities attorney said SEC staff will likely continue identifying firms that did not file and deliver their disclosure forms on time, saying it was the “lowest-hanging fruit” of CRS-related enforcement actions.
Michael Townsend, Schwab’s managing director of legislative and regulatory affairs, also discussed SEC exam priorities, and the latest developments in D.C. for the estate and capital gains tax rates during a presentation at Schwab’s IMPACT...