A broker-dealer settled charges with FINRA for failing to file required information in connection with private placement offerings sold to retail investors.
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In a report titled "Issuer Considerations for Distributing Bonds: Establishing Priority of Orders," the MSRB offered an overview of how the prioritization of orders is determined and documented, and emphasized that "[i]ssuers are free to structure the priority of orders in any manner they see fit in light of their goals and objectives for the offering."
An investment firm settled FINRA charges relating to the unregistered distributions of securities.
The SEC set an effective date of August 21, 2023, for amendments that will remove references to credit ratings from existing exceptions to rules on market manipulation. The effective date was published in the Federal Register.
The SEC finalized amendments to rules on securities market manipulation that will remove references to reliance on credit rating agencies.