Washington, DC – The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) today published its 2015 Annual Report, which highlights the organization’s progress on investor protection initiatives to enhance market structure, its ongoing efforts to improve issuer disclosure practices and the implementation of new regulatory standards for municipal advisors.
The report also includes financial highlights for the organization for the fiscal year that ended September 30, 2015 with a link to access full audited financial statements on the MSRB’s website.
Among the MSRB 2015 initiatives included in the report:
- Enhancements to the availability of more robust pricing information for municipal securities investors
- Advocating for better disclosure of bank loans and alternative financings by municipal securities issuers
- Creation of the first professional qualifying examination for municipal advisors
- Addition to the online MSRB Education Center of objective, non-commercial resources about municipal market topics
Date: January 11, 2016
Contact: Jennifer A. Galloway, Chief Communications Officer
202-838-1500
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