The SEC, the MSRB and FINRA will be offering a 2021 Compliance Outreach Program for municipal advisors. The program is scheduled for October 7, 2021.

A broker-dealer settled FINRA charges for simultaneously acting as an issuer's financial advisor and underwriter.

A municipal securities dealer settled FINRA charges for providing inaccurate information in the issue price certificates of 22 municipal offerings.

FINRA cautioned firms doing business with municipalities to implement appropriate supervisory procedures to avoid conducting unregistered municipal advisory activities.

The SEC, MSRB and FINRA opened registration for the Compliance Outreach Program for Municipal Advisors. The program, which provides a forum for municipal advisory industry professionals to discuss various regulatory and compliance issues with regulators, will be held at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco, California, on February 7, 2019.