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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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FAF Reappoints Robert Scott and Alan Skelton to Leadership Roles on the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council.
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SIFMA Seeks to Vacate Muni Advisor BD Exemption: Cadwalader
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LIBOR Transition: Business Loans SOFR Summer Wrap Up – McGuireWoods
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ARRC Updates Recommended Best Practices in Anticipation of ISDA’s IBOR Fallback Protocol: McGuireWoods
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MSRB COVID-19 Rating Change Disclosure Report.
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SIFMA Files Suit Seeking to Vacate SEC’s Temporary Conditional Exemption for Municipal Advisors.
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GASB Offers Grants for Research on Severe Financial Stress.
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MSRB to Implement Strengthened Board Governance and Announces FY 2021 Board Leadership.
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Financial Accounting Foundation Board of Trustees Notice of Meeting.
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FINRA Issues Guidance to Help Firms Prepare for LIBOR Transition: McGuireWoods
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Brace for More SEC Muni Advisor Antifraud Actions.
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SEC Publishes OCIE Risk Alert on LIBOR Transition Preparedness Examination Initiative: Dechert
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LIBOR Summer Update: Regulatory Scrutiny Heats Up on Transition Preparedness – Sherman & Sterling
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MSRB Board Prioritizes Investing in Technology and Reducing Compliance Burdens.
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The SEC and DOJ Sign Historic Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Competition in Securities Markets: BakerHostetler
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NABL Submits Letter to IRS and Treasury.
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MSRB Compliance Corner Newsletter.
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NFMA Cybersecurity White Paper.
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GASB Adds Resources to Emergency Toolbox Addressing Issues Arising from COVID-19 Pandemic.
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GASB Requests Input on Proposals to Improve Key Components of Government Financial Reports.
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BDA Sends Comments to SEC on Proposed Changes to MSRB Rules A-3 and A-6 on Board Composition and Governance.
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Libor Showed its Weakness in Coronavirus Market Crisis.
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LIBOR Summer Update: Regulatory Scrutiny Heats Up on Transition Preparedness – Sherman & Sterling
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SEC Identifies LIBOR Preparedness as an Examination Priority – Sherman & Sterling
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U.S. Department of Labor Proposes New (Simpler) Fiduciary Rule Exemption.
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MSRB Announces Topics for Virtual Quarterly Board Meeting.
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Customized EMMA Homepage.
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MSRB Weekly COVID-19-Related Event-Based Continuing Disclosures.
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UBS to Pay $10 Million to Resolve SEC Charges Related to Protecting Small Investors.
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UBS to Pay Over $10 million to Resolve SEC Charges on Municipal Bond Offerings.
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UBS to Pay $10 Million for Retail Muni Bond Violations.
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Fed’s Williams: SOFR Rate System Has Performed Well During Coronavirus Crisis
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Department of Labor Proposes New Guidance for Fiduciaries: Paul Hastings
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MSRB: EMMA New Issue Calendar
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GFOA: June 2020 Edition of Government Finance Review
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GASB Proposes Concepts for Recognition of Financial Statement Elements.
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GASB Requests Input on Revenue and Expense Recognition Proposals.
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GASB Releases Accounting and Financial Reporting Guidance Related to the CARES Act and Coronavirus Diseases.
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SEC and DOJ Sign Memorandum of Understanding: Sidley
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SEC Puts LIBOR Transition Testing in Focus: Latham & Watkins
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MSRB Modifies Rules to Align with Reg. BI: Cadwalader
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BDA Calls SEC’s Municipal Advisor Exemption “Dangerous.”
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Municipal Securities Firm Settles FINRA Charges for SHORT System Reporting Failures.
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SEC and DOJ Antitrust Division to Increase Collaboration on Rulemaking and Investigations: Pepper Hamilton
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House Committee Discusses SEC Temporary MA Order.
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MSRB Releases Guidance on Rule G-23 and the SEC’s Temporary Conditional Order.
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Hawkins Advisory: SEC Exemptive Order re Municipal Advisors
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Temporary Exemption From Broker Registration for Municipal Advisors: Jones Day
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SEC Discussion of Secondary Market Municipal Securities Disclosure Practices.
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SEC Issues Temporary Order Exempting Municipal Advisors From Broker-Dealer Registration Requirements Under Certain Limited Conditions: Ballard Spahr
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Financial Accounting Foundation Appoints Dianne Ray to Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
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GASB Issues Guidance on Certain Component Unit Criteria and Section 457 Deferred Compensation Plans.
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NFMA Submits Comment Letter to GASB.
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MSRB On Inter-Dealer Municipal Trading.
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MSRB Enhances Transparency of Timing of Issuers’ Annual Disclosures on the EMMA Website.
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GASB to Hold July 28 Virtual Public Hearing on Proposal to Enhance Concepts for Notes to Financial Statements.
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SEC Grants Temporary Conditional Exemption for MAs.
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MSRB Municipal Securities Market COVID-19-Related Disclosure Summary for the Week Ending June 14, 2020.
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SEC Commissioners Address Municipal Securities Disclosure Practices.
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SEC Says Municipal Bond Disclosures Should Be More Frequent, Forward-Looking in Light of COVID-19 – Barnes & Thornburg
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SEC Hosts Secondary Market Municipal Disclosure Virtual Conference.
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GASB Requires Public Entities to Make Room in the Debt Column for Availability Payment-Based P3 Projects: Ballard Spahr
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GASB Proposes Application Guidance on CARES Act and Coronavirus Diseases Issues.
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BDA Washington Weekly: Congress Waiting for Recess.
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Top US SEC Officials Urge Voluntary Municipal Securities COVID-19 Disclosure: Have They Overstated Their Case? – Norton Rose Fulbright
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GFOS PAFR Fellowship Program.
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MSRB Proposes Amendments to Board Selection Process.
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GASB Issues Guidance on Cloud Computing and Similar Subscription-Based IT Arrangements.
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BDA Survey Results: Muni MA Activity and the SEC’s Proposed Exemptive Relief
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Bond Market’s Toughest Problems Go Unresolved.
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CFPB Issues Proposals and Updated Guidance Ahead of LIBOR Discontinuation: McGuireWoods
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MSRB Provides Temporary Fee Waivers for Transactions with the Federal Reserve’s Municipal Liquidity Facility.
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FAF Issues 2019 Annual Report, “Standards that Work for Everyone”
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GASB Outlook E-Newsletter – Spring 2020
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COVID-19: Voluntary COVID-19 Disclosures — Time to Share Your Approach With the Marketplace?
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LIBOR Transition – Issue 5: Greenberg Traurig
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Checklist – Disclosures for Health Care Providers With Outstanding Tax-Exempt Bonds.
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Issuers Look for More Clarity on Federal Spending and Disclosure.
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Voluntary Disclosures and the SEC’s Public Statement Regarding the Importance of Disclosure for Our Municipal Markets.
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S&P COVID-19 Activity In U.S. Public Finance – Updated as of 5/21/20
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COVID-19 Crisis Drives Spike in Transaction Costs for Municipal Securities.
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NABL Issue Briefings for Congress.
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SEC Urges Disclosure of COVID-19 Impact in the Municipal Market: Orrick
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Hawkins Advisory: SEC Statement on Disclosure by Municipal Issuers regarding the Impact of COVID-19
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MSRB Enhances Usability of Disclosure Summary Report about Impact of COVID-19.
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SIFMA Updates MSRB Rule G-17 Model Disclosure Documents.
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BDA Submits Comments on Draft Amendments to MSRB Rule A-3: Membership on the Board.
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NFMA Submits Comment Letter to MSRB on COVID-19 Credit-Related Material Event Notices.
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BDA Hosts Reg BI Conference Call with SEC, FINRA, and MSRB.
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MSRB Seeks to Amend Certain Rules to Align With Regulation Best Interest.
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GASB Postpones Effective Dates of Upcoming Pronouncements.
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SEC: Investors Need Timely Information on Muni Bond Issues.
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SEC Leaders Ask Municipal Issuers for Voluntary COVID-19 Disclosure.
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SEC Chair and OMS Director Issue Joint Statement Encouraging COVID-19 Disclosure by Municipal Issuers.
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SEC Urges Municipal Issuers to Voluntarily Expand Disclosures: McGuireWoods
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NABL: SEC Issues Public Statement on Disclosure
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KBRA Releases Research – Coronavirus (COVID-19): Municipal Issuers’ Virus-Related Voluntary Disclosures Trend Up
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NFMA Comments to GASB on Postponement of the Effective Dates of Certain Authoritative Guidance.
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NFMA Submits Comment on Draft Amendments to MSRB Rule A-3.
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SIFMA: MSRB Request for Comment on Potential Changes to Board Governance Rule A-3
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COVID-19’s Impact on Bond Issuers’ Finances and 15c2-12 Continuing Disclosure Obligations.
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ARRC Proposes New York State Legislation to Facilitate LIBOR-to-SOFR Transition.
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SEC: When Using the Word ‘Advisor’ Is a No-No.
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Financial Accounting Foundation Board of Trustees – Notice of Meeting.
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MSRB’s Weekly COVID-19-Related Disclosure Summary.
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GASB Proposes to Postpone Effective Dates of Certain Pronouncements.
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BDA Submits Additional Comments to Fed on Municipal Liquidity Facility.
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Implications Of COVID-19 Pandemic For Municipal Bond Transactions.
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NABL Sends Suggestions for COVID-19 Relief to Congress & Treasury.
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The GASB Continues to Address Practice Issues Arising from COVID-19 Pandeminc.
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BDA Hosts Call with MSRB on Unique Challenges Posed by COVID-19.
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Disclosing COVID-19 Risks and Impacts in Connection with Municipal Securities.
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