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SEC Names Butler to Head New Office of Credit Ratings

By Melanie Waddell

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Friday that Thomas J. Butler has been appointed director of the agency’s new Office of Credit Ratings.

SEC LogoThe office was created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and is responsible for overseeing the nine registered Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSROs).

Among the responsibilities of the new office is conducting an annual exam of each credit rating agency and issuing a public report. Prior to the creation of the Office of Credit Ratings, the NRSRO examinations required under Dodd-Frank were conducted by the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE).

The SEC says Butler, who starts on June 18, will oversee a staff of approximately 25 lawyers, accountants and examiners responsible for examining and monitoring the NRSROs.

“Tom’s background and experience will bolster the agency’s oversight and review of credit rating agencies,” said SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro in a statement.

Throughout his career, Butler has served in leadership positions through which he gained extensive knowledge about the role of credit rating agencies in the financial services sector. He spent 14 years at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and its predecessors, including Citi Global Wealth Management, where he held senior executive positions for several business units, including as a managing director and chief operating officer for the Investment Strategy, Investment Advisory, Global Investments and Public Sector Group units.

Earlier in his career, Butler worked at UBS Securities, Babcock & Brown and two major law firms. He received his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law at Newark and his B.A. from Rutgers College.

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