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MSRB Non-Transaction Based Compensation Trade Report.
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GFOA-Led Industry Group Publishes Paper on Eliminating LIBOR in Bank Loan Contracts.
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Application of Regulation Best Interest to Bank Dealers: SIFMA Comments
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Concerns with Amendments to MSRB Rules G-19 and G-48: SIFMA Comments
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GASB Requests Input on Proposed Improvements to Guidance for Accounting Changes and Error Corrections.
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GASB Provides Guidance to Assist Stakeholders with Application of Its Pronouncements.
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Mass. SJC Holds State False Claims Act Action Barred by Prior Public Disclosure.
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Massachusetts High Court Adopts Broad Reading of Commonwealth’s Public Disclosure Bar.
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds Challenge To GO Bonds Is Barred By Laches, But Avoids Underlying Constitutional Issues.
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MSRB Seeks Comment on Potential Changes to Rules on Notifications to Municipal Securities Customers.
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Treasury Issues Guidance for Non-Entitlement Units of Government.
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SIFMA Statement on Municipal Bond Provisions in the FY 2022 Budget.
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FAF Issues 2020 Annual Report, “Standards that Work from Main Street to Wall Street”
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The Washington Weekly – Republican Infrastructure Counter/ MBFA Submits Testimony
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Emerging Environmental, Social, and Governance Trends in the Municipal Bond Market.
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SIFMA Comments to Proposed Amendments to the Margin Rule Regarding When Issued and Other Extended Settlement Transactions.
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SIFMA Urges FINRA to Reconsider Extended Settlement Margin Proposal.
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MSRB Seeks Comment on Amendments to Dealer Notification Requirements.
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LSTA RFR Credit Agreements Are Here: LSTA publishes Daily SOFR (and Daily RFR) Concept Credit Agreements – McGuireWoods
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BDA Files Letter on FINRA Margin Rule.
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F.B.I. Asking Questions After a Pension Fund Aimed High and Fell Short.
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BDA Washington Weekly – Munis Back in Spotlight / MBFA’s Virtual Fly-In
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House Financial Services Municipal Bonds Market Hearing.
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MBFA Meets with Key Hill and Administration Staff Promoting Muni Priorities.
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Accelerating the Settlement Cycle: SIFMA
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SEC’s Amended Advertising Rules for Investment Advisers: Compliance Date Countdown Begins – Day Pitney
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Muni-Bond Investors Need Straight Talk About Climate-Change Risk.
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SEC Should Force Municipal Issuers to Disclose Climate Risk, Says Former Fidelity President.
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SIFMA Amicus Brief: BofI Holdings, Inc. v. Houston Municipal Employees Pension System
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Introducing GFOA’s New Member Communities.
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What Happens When the Recently Enacted NY LIBOR Statute Meets the Trust Indenture Act?
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Questions about GFOA’s New Member Communities?
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MSRB Par Value Report.
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Why It’s Time To Investigate The Wisconsin Public Finance Authority.
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Earth Day: Municipal Bond Climate Change Disclosure Update
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MSRB Holds Quarterly Virtual Board Meeting.
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GASB Proposes to Rename the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
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FINRA Proposes Amendments to Margin Requirement Rules.
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Firm Settles FINRA Charges for Placing “Throw-Away” Bids.
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The End of LIBOR: Transitioning to an Alternative Interest Rate – SIFMA Submission
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SIFMA: Joint Trades Letter on LIBOR Contracts
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Moving on from LIBOR (Update) – Squire Patton Boggs
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LIBOR Legislation Bill Passed by New York State Legislature: McGuireWoods
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The End of LIBOR: Transitioning to an Alternative Interest Rate Calculation for Mortgages, Student Loans, Business Borrowing, and Other Financial Products
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SIFMA: The Need for Federal Legislation in the Transition Away from LIBOR
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SIFMA Podcast: The Need for Federal Legislation in the LIBOR Transition
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MSRB Email Reminders for Recurring Financial Disclosures.
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S&P Credit FAQ: How S&P Global Ratings Thinks About LIBOR Risks In U.S. Public Finance
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NY LIBOR Transition Legislation: Can We Now Stop Talking About LIBOR Fallbacks and Amendments?
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FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Amendments to the Margin Rule Regarding When Issued and Other Extended Settlement Transactions.
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GFOA New and Revised Best Practices and Advisories.
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MBFA Submits Testimony to Ways and Means on Municipal Bond Hearing.
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SEC 2021 Examination Priorities – Focus on Municipal Securities and Municipal Advisors – Ballard Spahr
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NFMA Releases White Paper on COVID Disclosure.
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SIFMA Statement on Passage of New York State LIBOR Legislation.
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GASB Publishes Annual Crain Grant Program Request for Research Proposals.
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MSRB Seeks Comment on Regulation of Solicitor Municipal Advisors.
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FINRA Seeks Comment on Margining of Extended Settlement Transactions.
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Are you Ready for the End of LIBOR? The Fed Issues Guidance on Assessing LIBOR Transition Progress – McGuireWoods
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Ridding Trust Indentures of Pesky Bearer Bond Language: Butler Snow
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Financial Accounting Foundation Appoints Robert W. Hamilton to the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council.
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FINRA Requests Comment on Rule 4210 – Follows BDA Member Recommendations.
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SIFMA Amicus Brief: Walters, et al. v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., et al.
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SEC Division of Examinations Announces 2021 Examination Priorities.
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SEC Division of Examinations Announces 2021 Exam Priorities: DLA Piper
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BDA 2021 Advocacy Update is Now Available.
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Another Abuse Of The EMMA Municipal Reporting System.
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Disclosure Rules Led to Drop in Bond Trading Markups.
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SEC Announces Enforcement Task Force Focused on Climate and ESG Issues: Ballard Spahr
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MSRB Publishes 2020 Fact Book of Municipal Securities Data.
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GASB Requests Input on Proposal to Improve Guidance on Compensated Absences, Amend Certain Disclosures.
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BDA Comments on Electronic Trading.
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SEC Warned Against Regulation of Electronic Muni Platforms.
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SEC Office of Municipal Securities Issue Staff Statement on LIBOR Transition: Mayer Brown
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MSRB Extends Date for Compliance with Primary Offering Disclosure Form: Cadwalader
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SEC Data Disclosures – Temporary Conditional Exemptive Order for Municipal Advisor Activities
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Office of Municipal Securities Staff Statement on LIBOR Transition in the Municipal Securities Market[1]
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NFMA Newsletter.
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2021 GASB Accounting Support Fee to Fund the GASB’s Annual Budget: Katten Muchin Rosenman
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Financial Accounting Foundation Appoints Lise Valentine as Vice Chair of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council.
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Financial Accounting Foundation Reappoints Jeffrey J. Previdi as Vice Chair of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
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The LIBOR Phase-Out: What Borrowers Should Know Now
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OCC Publishes LIBOR-Transition Self-Assessment Tool.
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MSRB Reminds Dealers of Upcoming Compliance Date for Underwriting Disclosure Obligations.
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GASB Fact Sheet: Financial Reporting Model Improvements
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How FINRA Should Adapt its Rules to the Work-From-Home Reality.
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FINRA Issues 2021 Report on its Examination and Risk Monitoring Program.
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SIFMA Issues New MSRB Rule G-17 Model Risk Disclosure Documents for Additional Products.
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MSRB Analyzes Effects of COVID-19 on Municipal Bond Market.
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BDA Washington Weekly – Munis Considered in Stimulus Debate
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Green Bond Disclosure: NFMA Call for Volunteers
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SEC Seeks Public Input on Possible Money Market Fund Reforms.
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SIFMA: LIBOR Consultation on Timeline of Cessation of Published LIBOR Fixings
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BDA Announces Newly Formed MBFA Council.
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Federal Reserve Seeks a Permanent Muni Expert.
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Network Sends Exempt Bond Wish List to Yellen.
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Libor Doesn’t Have to Mean Libor.
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NABL Releases an Update to the Crafting Disclosure Polices Paper.
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FAF Trustees Announce New Members and Reappointments of the GGASAC.
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NFMA 2021 Officers and Board Announced.
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SIFMA Issues Updated MSRB Rule G-17 Model Risk Disclosure Documents.
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SIFMA Municipal Securities Markets Documents.
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SIFMA Updates MSRB Model Disclosure Documents: Cadwalader
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SIFMA Updates Model Documents for Libor’s End.
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Libor Transition is a 2021 SEC Priority for the Muni Market.
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SEC Settles Charges Against Municipal Underwriter for Unfair Practices and Misleading Advertising in Connection With its Distribution of New Issue Securities: Ballard Spahr
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SEC OMS Publishes Staff Statement on LIBOR Transition in the Muni Securities Market: NABL
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MSRB Announces Members of 2021 Board Advisory Groups.
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SEC Settles Charges Against Municipal Underwriter for Unfair Practices and Misleading Advertising in Connection With its Distribution of New Issue Securities: Ballard Spahr
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MSRB Input on Strategic Goals and Priorities.
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ABA Offers Feedback on MSRB’s Strategic Goals.
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MSRB Contribution Disclosure Requirements for Dealers and MAs.
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SEC Adopts New Framework for Fund Valuation.
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NFMA 2021 Officers and Board Announced.
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Outlook 2021: SEC to Focus on Price Transparency, Muni Advisors and Disclosure Enforcement.
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SEC Action on Misleading COVID-19 Disclosures: Implications for the Municipal Market – Ballard Spahr
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Applications Open for GFOA Executive Board.
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MSRB Soliciting Applications for Four Positions On Its Governing Board.
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SEC Does Not Plan to Extend TCE.
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Bloomington Firm Faces SEC Penalties Over Municipal Debt Practices.
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SEC Proposes Amendments to Reg ATS for Government Securities ATSs.
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MSRB Seeking Applications for Governing Board.
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Joint Letter on Alternative Reference Rates Committee’s Legislative Proposal.
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SIFMA Statement on Transition From LIBOR to Alternative Rates and ARRC Model Law for New York State.
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BDA 2021 Policy Focus.
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IRS Revenue Procedure 2020-44: Floating Rate Fallback Flexibility from the Feds – McGuire Woods
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Fitch: New US Dollar Libor Deadline Doesn’t Guarantee a Smooth Transition
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SEC Updates Framework for Fund Fair Valuation Practices: Ropes & Gray
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Using EMMA to Identify Timing of Annual Financial Disclosures.
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What US Municipal Securities Issuers Should Know About LIBOR Transition: Norton Rose Fulbright
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Signals or Noise in November for LIBOR Transition? – McGuire Woods
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LIBOR Termination May be Postponed to 2023: Day Pitney
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S&P: SOFR Emerging As Alternative To LIBOR In U.S. Debt Markets
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NFMA White Paper on Best Practices in Cybersecurity Risk Disclosure for State & Local Governments in Municipal Offerings.
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SEC Needs to Take ‘Bottom to Top’ Review of Fixed Income Markets: Crenshaw
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Broker-Dealer Settles Charges of MSRB Trade Reporting Failures.
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Municipal VRDO Class Action Survives Banks’ Request for Dismissal.
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MSRB EMMA 529 & ABLE Tutorial.
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Regulator Joint Statement Highlights Need to Move on from LIBOR (But For Some, Not Necessarily to SOFR) – McGuireWoods
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The Transition Out of LIBOR: What State and Local Governments Should be Discussing with Their Financing Teams
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Financial Accounting Foundation Names Five New Members to the Board of Trustees.
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BDA Policy Brief: Post Election Update on GSE Reform
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BDA Washington Weekly: Lame Duck Session Begins
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GASB Proposes New Implementation Guidance to Assist Stakeholders with Application of its Pronouncements.
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Real-Time Financial Reporting Improves Muni Bond Markets.
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GFOA Working Group Focusing on Libor Transition.
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Hawkins Advisory: Rev. Proc. 2020-44, Advance Guidance for Certain Transitions from IBORs
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MSRB Compliance Corner: Fall 2020
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MSRB Seeks Board of Directors Applicants.
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8 Big Banks in Murky Waters, To Face U.S. Cities’ Allegations.
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Judge Allows Cities’ Class Action Over Bond Rate Conspiracy to Proceed.
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EMMA Advanced Search Features.
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GASB Outlook E-Newsletter Fall 2020.
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SEC Proposes Exemptive Relief From Broker Registration for Finders for Small Companies.
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Goldman, Citi, BofA, Others to Face Muni Bond Price-Fixing Suit.
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Eight Big Banks Must Face U.S. Cities’ Allegations of Municipal Bond Collusion.
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MSRB Seeks Volunteers for Board Advisory Groups.
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IRS Releases Guidance on the Transition From LIBOR: Ballard Spahr
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COVID-19: Weekly Oversight and Enforcement Report – Week of October 22, 2020
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MSRB Holds First Quarterly Board Meeting of FY 2021.
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A Study In Issuer Abuse – The Wisconsin Public Finance Authority.
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SEC’s Proposed Broker-Dealer Exemption May Apply to “Finders” for Municipal Securities: Mintz Levin
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SEC Proposes Exemptive Order for Certain Activities of Finders.
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SEC Issues Proposed Order Exempting “Finders” from Registration Requirements.
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COVID-19 Regulatory Actions and Developments – Municipal Advisor: Katten Muchin
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A Guide to the World’s New Benchmarks After Libor.
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Wall Street Eyes Fix for $345 Billion Libor Dilemma in Debt Swap.
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IRS Issues Guidance on Transition From LIBOR to IBORs: NABL
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SEC Enforcement Approach May Hinge On Election Results.
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Bond Markets Face Big Challenges.
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Muni Bond Market Disclosure: It’s About Time – And Time Is Money
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MSRB: Primary Market Disclosures Citing COVID-19 Hit a 15-Week High.
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MSRB CEO Mark Kim’s Remarks at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC) Meeting.
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SEC Committee Tackles Disorderly Electronic Bond Trade Reporting.
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Libor Law Is Adrift in Albany and Wall Street Is Getting Nervous.
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More Unknowns to Come for Issuers, FIMSAC Members Say.
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Taxing Disclosures: Municipal Securities Issuers and COVID-19
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MSRB Municipal Securities Market COVID-19-Related Disclosure Summary.
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A Technology Solution For Muni Bond Disclosure.
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Treasury’s OIG Updates FAQs for Coronavirus Relief Fund Reporting Requirements.
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Disclosure Industry Working Group Encourages Timely Covid-19 Disclosures.
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BDA Washington Weekly – Muni Provisions Sidelined
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Muni Bond Market Disclosure: Thoughts From Standard-Setters And Stakeholders
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Regulatory Spillover: Evidence from Classifying Municipal Bonds as High-Quality Liquid Assets
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SEC Focus on Municipal Securities: Disclosure and Enforcement – The Peculiar Structure of the Municipal Securities Disclosure Regime
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SEC Charges Former Jefferies Registered Representative for Improper Retail Orders in Municipal Bond Offerings.
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MSRB Summary Report.
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Muni Bond Market In Dogged Pursuit Of A Framework.
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Charter School Defrauds Bond Holders.
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Roosevelt & Cross Settles Bond-Flipping Case; CEO Resigns.
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GASB Opens Search for Director of Research and Technical Activities.
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SEC Charges Charter School Operator With Fraudulent Municipal Bond Offering.
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SEC Charges Charter School Operator and its Former President With Fraudulent Municipal Bond Offering.
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NFMA At-Large Board Elections.
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MSRB Event-Based Continuing Disclosures.
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SEC Identifies LIBOR Preparedness as an Examination Priority.
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NABL: Disclosure Industry Working Group Publishes Paper on Timely Disclosures
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MSRB Disclosure Summary Report.
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MSRB Weekly COVID-19-Related Continuing Disclosures.
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