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The House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday postponed its scheduled release of a new bill to help Puerto Rico for what members hope will be only one day as discussions about acceptable revisions continued.
By Jack CaseyMay 11 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission is charging a father, his son, and five of their associates with defrauding investors in Native American tribal bonds to pay for, among other things, their luxury expenses and legal costs associated with prior fraud charges.
By Jack CaseyMay 11 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission is using Peter Cannava, a banker involved in an ill-fated private placement for a startup video game company, as a scapegoat and has no basis for charging him with defrauding investors, his lawyers claimed this week.
By Jack CaseyMay 11 -
With the House Natural Resources Committee planning to release a new Puerto Rico bill on Wednesday and vote on it a week later, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew traveled to the commonwealth to hold meetings to drum up support for a legislative solution.
By Jack CaseyMay 9 -
Municipal industry experts on Thursday urged analysts to continue focusing on how the presence of statutory liens can change the treatment of debt in bankruptcy proceedings and ratings analyses.
By Jack CaseyMay 6 -
Infrastructure financing and tax reform will be major issues for presidential and other candidates in November, said municipal market participants.
By Jack CaseyMay 6 -
A regulatory official and market participants sparred over the merits of the Securities and Exchange Commission's voluntary continuing disclosure enforcement initiative during a panel here on Wednesday while acknowledging the need to improve municipal disclosure.
By Jack CaseyMay 5 -
The National Federation of Municipal Analysts presented awards to six municipal market professionals and one issuer during a luncheon at its annual conference here on Wednesday.
By Jack CaseyMay 4 -
Treasury Department secretary Jack Lew on Monday sent a letter to congressional leaders warning them that further inaction on a bill to help Puerto Rico pending in the House could lead to a taxpayer-funded bailout.
By Jack CaseyMay 2 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is opening an application window between May 3 and May 10 to allow more individuals associated with banks and broker-dealers to apply for a seat on next years board.
By Jack CaseyMay 2