Letters

Third Party Payments and Potential Conflicts of Interest

Summary

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a MSRB Concept Release to provide for public disclosure of financial incentives paid or received by dealers and municipal advisors representing potential conflicts of interest, MSRB Notice 2012-28.  While SIFMA is generally a proponent of transparency and the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest in the financial markets, SIFMA does have some serious concerns and comments on this concept release.

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