SEC nets $1.3M in off-channel comms sweep against municipal advisory firms
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Aaron Nicodemus2024-09-17T18:01:00
Fines for off-channel communications use by employees just keep on coming, with 12 municipal advisory firms fined a total of $1.3 million in the latest Securities and Exchange Commission sweep.
Kaufman Hall & Associates, together with Ponder & Company (which Kaufman Hall acquired in May 2023), drew the biggest fine ($325,000) from the SEC in this enforcement sweep, although it was really one fine that applied to two companies.
PFM Financial Advisors and Specialized Public Finance Inc. were each fined $250,000.
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