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SEC Alert! Erin E. Schneider, the Director of the San Francisco Regional Office since 2019, is leaving the agency after more than 17 years of service. Monique C. Winkler will become the office’s Acting Regional Director.

Source Ms. Schneider has been overseeing examinations and investigations into a broad range of SEC registrants and issuers as well as spearheading local initiatives across Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Earlier in her SEC tenure, she served in the Asset Management Unit as an Assistant Director and then Associate

SEC Alert! SEC announces that Daniel S. Kahl, Acting Director of the SEC’s Division of Examinations, will depart the agency after more than 21 years of service.

Federal Reserve Alert! he 23 institutions participating in the survey account for almost all dealer financing of dollar-denominated securities to non-dealers and are the most active intermediaries in OTC derivatives markets. The survey was conducted betwe

Source Summary The March 2022 Senior Credit Officer Opinion Survey on Dealer Financing Terms collected qualitative information on changes in credit terms and conditions in securities financing and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets. In addition to the core questions, the survey included a set of special questions about the potential effects

SEC Alert! Martha Legg Miller, Director of the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (OASB), is leaving the agency at the end of April. Sebastian Gomez Abero will serve as Acting Director.

SEC Alert! Statement on proposal to Remove References of Credit Ratings from Regulation M. Rules 101 and 102 currently have an exception for investment-grade securities.

source Reg M, a 26-year-old rule, prohibits parties involved in the distribution of securities from buying or selling securities or inducing others to buy or sell the securities. Rules 101 and 102 restrict the ability of certain offering participants to jump into the market to support the offering before their

Inflation and Federal Reserve Alert! Governor Christopher J. Waller: In 1972-1973, the average household spent 24 percent of expenditures on rent or imputed rent. This share rose to 27 percent in the late 1980s, and in 2019 that was up to 35 percent.

The Red Hot Housing Market: the Role of Policy and Implications for Housing Affordability Governor Christopher J. Waller At the "Recent Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Implications for U.S. and Israeli Real Estate Markets" conference Source Watch Remarks Thank you, Debra, and thank you to the Alrov Institute

SEC Alert! he Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose changes that would remove the references to credit rating agencies from existing exceptions provided in Rule 101 and Rule 102 of Regulation M

Proposed Rule (95 pages) Source The Commission proposes to replace the credit-rating requirement included in Rule 101’s exception, which is available to distribution participants and their affiliated purchasers, with requirements that the nonconvertible debt securities and nonconvertible preferred securities meet a specified probability of default threshold, and that the