SEC Open Meeting on Expanding the Definition of “Dealer”

The SEC has scheduled an open meeting for Tuesday February 6 at 10 am ET (rescheduled from January 31). At the meeting, “The Commission will consider whether to adopt new rules to further define the phrase ‘as a part of a regular business’ as used in the statutory definitions of the terms ‘dealer’ and ‘government securities dealer’ under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in connection with certain liquidity providers.” You can access the meeting from the SEC’s home page at the scheduled start time for the meeting.