SEC Names Two New Deputy Directors in the Division of Trading and Markets (with Lofchie Comment)

The SEC announced that Gary Barnett and Gary Goldsholle have been named as deputy directors in the Division of Trading and Markets.

Lofchie Comment: Both Mr. Barnett and Mr. Goldsholle have significant regulatory experience at other agencies: Mr. Barnett, at the CFTC, and Mr. Goldsholle, at FINRA and the MSRB, where he served as General Counsel during a period in which the MSRB was extremely active in refashioning the regulation of the municipals market. Mr. Barnett also has a great deal of experience in the private sector, including his having been a partner at Cadwalader.

See: Press Release.Related news: CFTC Announces DSIO Director's Departure and Interim Director (December 16, 2014).