Open Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Item 1: Regulation Best Interest — Standard of Conduct for Broker-Dealers
Office: Division of Trading and Markets
Staff: Brett Redfearn, Lourdes Gonzalez, Emily Westerberg Russell, Alicia Goldin, Bradford Bartels, Geeta Dhingra, Stacy Puente

The Commission will consider whether to propose a rule to establish a standard of conduct for broker-dealers and natural persons who are associated persons of a broker-dealer when making a recommendation of any securities transaction or investment strategy involving securities to a retail customer.

For further information, please contact Emily Westerberg Russell or Lourdes Gonzalez in the Division of Trading and Markets at 202-551-5550.

Item 2: Form CRS Relationship Summary; Required Disclosures in Retail Communications and Restrictions on the use of Certain Names or Titles
Office: Division of Investment Management, Division of Trading and Markets
Staff:

Dalia Blass, Douglas Scheidt, Sarah G. ten Siethoff, Sara Cortes, Holly Hunter-Ceci, Parisa Haghshenas, Jennifer Porter, Benjamin Kalish, Gena Lai, Elizabeth Miller, Emily Rowland, Jennifer Songer - Investment Management

Brett Redfearn, Lourdes Gonzalez, Emily Westerberg Russell, Alicia Goldin -Trading and Markets

The Commission will consider whether to propose new and amended rules and forms to require registered broker-dealers and registered investment advisers to provide a brief relationship summary to retail investors. The Commission also will consider whether to propose required disclosures in retail communications about broker-dealers, investment advisers and their financial professionals, and whether to propose new restrictions on the use of the term "adviser" or "advisor" by broker-dealers in specified circumstances.

For further information, please contact Jennifer Porter or Sara Cortes in the Division of Investment Management at 202-551-6792.

Item 3: Standard of Conduct for Investment Advisers
Office: Division of Investment Management
Staff: Sarah G. ten Siethoff, Sara Cortes, Jennifer Songer

The Commission will consider whether to propose a Commission interpretation of the standard of conduct for investment advisers.

For further information, please contact Jennifer Songer or Sara Cortes in the Division of Investment Management at 202-551-6792.