SEC Taps Stephen Luparello To Head Division of Trading and Markets

Stephen Luparello has been named director of the Division of Trading and Markets for the Securities and Exchange Commission. Luparello comes to the SEC from the law firm of WilmerHale, where he has been a partner in its Washington, D.C. office, specializing in broker-dealer compliance and regulation, securities litigation, and enforcement. Prior to that, Luparello had a 16-year career at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and its predecessor, the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), where he most recently served as Vice Chairman of FINRA.