- Ed. Note: The first bullet point in last week’s Highlights – IRS Publishes Arbitrage Guidance for Tax-Exempt Bonds – is not a new item, but rather a reprint of a July story that was covered extensively at that time. We apologize for the error. We’d sack the responsible party if we had any of those around.
- GASB Proposes Implementation Guidance Designed to Clarify Recent Pronouncements.
- MSRB Provides Guidance on Application of Rules to Transactions in Managed Accounts.
- SIFMA Submits Comments to the Federal Reserve System on FRTB.
- SIFMA Warns Fed Basel Capital Standards for Trading Would Hurt Munis.
- GFOA New Best Practices Address Cash Flow Analysis, Investment Policy.
- Disruptive Technology in the Muni Bond Market.
- New Information Document Request (IDR) – What’s the Point?
- MSRB’s Mark-Up Disclosure Rule to Take Effect May 14, 2018: Webinar
- Trump Infrastructure Plan May Undermine Municipal Market.
- And finally, Just Setting the Scene is brought to us this week by Mayor v. Harris, in which little Riley Harris fell through the bleachers of a municipal stadium while attending a youth football game. For reasons thoroughly unapparent to us, the court found it necessary to let us know that Riley’s pre-plunge activities included a trip to the snack bar, where “Riley bought a pickle…” But then no further information on the pickle’s fate. You can’t get us all emotionally invested in the pickle and leave us hanging! What about the pickle?