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FINRA fined a muni dealer for MSRB Rule violations including (i) failing to timely cancel or close out inter-dealer municipal securities transactions after settlement; (ii) failing "to take prompt steps to obtain physical possession or control of 247 short positions resulting from failed inter-dealer municipal securities transactions;" and (iii) related supervisory violations.

Commentary by Steven Lofchie

House Financial Services Committee members Mike Flood (R-NE), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), French Hill (R-AR) and Wiley Nickel (D-NC) introduced the Uniform Treatment of Custodial Assets Act. The proposed legislation would prohibit financial institutions from including crypto assets held in their custody as a liability on their balance sheet.

Commentary by Steven Lofchie

Twenty-six trade associations banded together to urge the SEC not to adopt a proposed amendment to the "custody rule" because it would make "fundamental changes" to an already "well-established and demonstrably effective custody framework without a clear policy rationale."