Howard Meyerson
Biography
Adjunct Professor Howard Meyerson is the Managing Director of Financial Information Forum (FIF). FIF is an industry association for broker-dealers, exchanges and technology vendors in the securities industry. FIF focuses on implementation, operations, technology, compliance and reporting issues that impact the securities industry. While at FIF, Professor Meyerson has submitted numerous comment letters to the SEC, FINRA, the MSRB, the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve Board and other regulators on various topics including the Consolidated Audit Trail for equities and options, SEC Rules 605 and 606 on disclosure of order execution information and order routing practices, OTC options reporting, the SEC’s proposed Order Competition Rule, Regulation NMS, short interest reporting, securities lending transparency, the SEC’s buy-to-cover order marker proposal, TRACE and MSRB reporting for corporate, agency, Treasury and municipal bonds, Treasury and agency repo reporting, and cybersecurity. Prior to FIF, Professor Meyerson was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Liquidnet, a global trading firm for equities and corporate bonds. Prior to Liquidnet, he was an associate at Morgan Lewis, where he worked on regulatory and transactional matters for broker-dealers, market makers, exchanges, alternative trading systems, CFTC registrants, swap dealers, investment advisers, hedge funds, REITs, mortgage and asset-backed security issuers, banks, trust companies and other firms in the financial services industry. Professor Meyerson has previously served as a member of the FINRA Market Regulation and E-Brokerage Committees.
Education
- BA, Columbia College
- JD, Harvard Law School
- Certificate in Analysis and Design of Information System, Columbia University Computer Technology and Applications Program