Atlanta Federal Reserve Chief Investigated for Breaking Trading Rules

Atlanta Federal Reserve Chief Investigated for Breaking Trading Rules
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Raphael W. Bostic speaks at a European Financial Forum event in Dublin, Ireland, on Feb. 13, 2019. Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
Naveen Athrappully
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Raphael Bostic, president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, is currently under investigation after admitting to not disclosing certain trading activities that he engaged in during restricted periods.

Since assuming office in 2017, Bostic claims he has ensured his assets are only held in managed accounts which neither he nor his personal investment advisor has the ability to direct, the Fed president said in an Oct. 14 statement (pdf). However, Bostic claims that he only learned later on that transactions done by third parties on such accounts must also be listed in the annual disclosure forms.