MSRB Fair Dealing Solicitor Municipal Advisor Obligations and New Draft Rule G-46
Summary
SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on their Notice (MSRB Notice 2021-18) on fair dealing solicitor municipal advisor obligations and new draft Rule G-46.
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March 15, 2022
VIA ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION
Ronald W. Smith
Corporate Secretary
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
1300 I Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
Re: MSRB Notice 2021-18 – Second Request for Comment on Fair Dealing Solicitor Municipal Advisor Obligations and New Draft Rule G-46
Dear Mr. Smith,
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”)1 appreciates this opportunity to comment on Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (“MSRB”) Notice 2021-18 (the “Notice”)2 second request for comment on fair dealing solicitor municipal advisor obligations and new draft Rule G-46. We understand that new draft Rule G-46 would (i) codify interpretive guidance previously issued in 2017 that relates to the obligations of solicitor municipal advisors under Rule G-17 and (ii) add additional requirements that would align some of the obligations imposed on solicitor municipal advisors with those applicable to non-solicitor municipal advisors under Rule G-42, to duties of non-solicitor municipal advisors, to underwriters under Rule G-17 on fair dealing, and to certain solicitations undertaken on behalf of third-party investment advisers under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) marketing rule for investment advisers.
1 SIFMA is the leading trade association for broker-dealers, investment banks and asset managers operating in the U.S. and global capital markets. On behalf of our industry’s one million employees, we advocate on legislation, regulation and business policy affecting retail and institutional investors, equity and fixed income markets and related products and services. We serve as an industry coordinating body to promote fair and orderly markets, informed regulatory compliance, and efficient market operations and resiliency. We also provide a forum for industry policy and professional development. SIFMA, with offices in New York and Washington, D.C., is the U.S. regional member of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA). For more information, visit http://www.sifma.org. SIFMA’s members underwrite over 90% of new issues of municipal securities by volume.
2 MSRB Notice 2021-18, Second Request for Comment on Fair Dealing Solicitor Municipal Advisor Obligations and New Draft Rule G-46 (December 15, 2021).