New Director of New Municipal Securities Office; New Muni Web Page

The SEC announced that municipal securities expert John J. Cross III has been named the director of the agency's new Office of Municipal Securities. [SL Comment: What is perhaps more interesting is the amount of publicity being given to municipal securities these days. For example, the SEC has devoted a page of its website to issues involving municipalities. SEC Commissioner Walter is taking the lead on this initiative and many of the items of the web page feature her activities.

View press release in full here (links externally to SEC website).