Stated simply, the broker-dealers and financial advisors need to be similarly regulated with appropriate recognition of the fact that financial advisors have a fiduciary duty to their issuer clients.
The first step to fix this situation is for the SEC to define who is a municipal advisor and instruct the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to enforce the rules as they relate to the advisors.
View the Full OpEd in the Bond Buyer [here.]
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