In FY 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Examination Division will be closely monitoring for compliance with MSRB Rule G-42 on the core standards of municipal advisors, in addition to enforcing the T+1 settlement cycle.
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A constitutional amendment would allow municipalities to approve districts that could issue bonds to finance infrastructure for housing developments.
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As technology options grow, firms are looking for ways to streamline and scale workflows.
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Christopher Roberts joins the firm as a managing director, Joey Dierker as an associate director, Soledad Mancias as a municipal underwriter, and Steve Basset as a director.
October 21
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Demand for munis remains "insatiable," said Daryl Clements, a municipal portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein.
October 21
The steady demand for municipal bonds in high-risk areas underscores the complex relationship between climate change and financial markets.
As extreme weather events occur with more frequency across the country, Michael Gaughan, executive director of the Vermont Bond Bank, says municipal bond banks can help smaller communities deal with the effects of them. Gaughan speaks with The Bond Buyer's Lynne Funk on the effects of climate change and how the various levels of government can work together to address it.
Proposed guidelines for federal tax credits could undermine the effort to build a clean hydrogen market, critics say.
Craig Brothers, partner, portfolio manager and co-head of fixed income strategy for Bel Air Investments, joins Bond Buyer senior reporter Keeley Webster and discusses why his firm, primarily invested in California debt, has veered away from California GOs and public works revenue bonds in favor of agency, school district and local government debt.
The state received $250 million in federal funding to expand a Salton Sea restoration project in Imperial County, near the Mexican border.
The district plans to price about $100 million of bonds Thursday, the first since Gov. Ron DeSantis took over control of it by appointing its board of supervisors.
City Comptroller Brad Lander said he's optimistic about the deal, congestion pricing lawsuits and his mayoral campaign.
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Tax experts are looking past the election for clues about the fate of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which is approaching its sunset and includes the controversial SALT cap.
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Public pension benefit improvements could put credit pressure on states that enact them, the rating agency said this week.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Alliance Global Partners with publishing daily quotes at above market prices on between 4,300 and 6,500 different municipal bonds over a two-year period.
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The longtime public finance stalwart, known for building out S&P's public finance practice and working on virtually every big public finance project of the past forty or so years, has passed away at 89.
October 18
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Tourism Development Tax, sales tax, and Professional Sports Facilities tax and revenue refunding bonds were upgraded, impacting $628 million of debt.
October 18
