STA Conference First 15 Speakers and DC Meeting Recaps


FINRA holds July 2019 Board of Governors Meeting.

FINRA CEO Robert Cook, Chairman Bill Heyman, Board members and FINRA staff provided updates from the meeting in a video report . 

Emily Westerberg Russell Named Chief Counsel of Division of Trading and Markets

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Emily Westerberg Russell has been named Chief Counsel of the Division of Trading and Markets. Ms. Russell has been a member of the division’s Office of Chief Counsel for a decade, and since 2011 has served as a Senior Special Counsel in the Office of Sales Practices.

Chairman Tarbert Announces CFTC Executive Leadership Appointments

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Heath P. Tarbert announced six appointments to key executive leadership positions at the CFTC.

Read July newsletter here