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A group of lawyers is urging tax regulators to make some revisions and clarifications to proposed issue price rules to avoid confusion and make the rules more workable.
January 6 -
Most states will be able to issue more private-activity bonds in 2016.
January 5 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is seeking applicants to replace seven board members whose terms will end Sept. 30 and has emphasized its interest in applicants to represent investors.
January 4 -
Municipal market groups are ready to band together in 2016 to show the Securities and Exchange Commission that they can improve disclosure practices without increased regulation, even as the commission is set to continue publishing settlements with underwriters and issuers who have failed to comply with their continuing disclosure obligations.
December 31 -
Municipal market participants will once again see an active year for enforcement in 2016 as the Securities and Exchange Commission's self-reporting initiative largely wraps up and the enforcement division mixes a continued focus on pricing and market structure actions with potential new areas for enforcement like municipal advisors and bank loans.
December 28 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's core conduct rule for municipal advisors, despite its controversial ban on principal transactions.
December 24 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board filed proposed rule changes with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday to extend its political contributions rule to non-dealer municipal advisors and MAs soliciting business for dealers, advisors or investment advisors.
December 16 -
Dealer groups want the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to adopt the same approach, but one that is less costly and burdensome, for requiring dealers acting as principals to disclose to retail customers the markups and markdowns on muni trades.
December 14 -
Rep. Luke Messer, R-Ind., and local finance officers plan to continue to push a bill that would treat investment grade and actively traded municipal securities as high quality liquid assets under a bank liquidity rule adopted by bank regulators in 2014.
December 14 -
Municipal market groups are generally supporting a Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board proposal to speed up settlements of muni transactions to two from three days.
December 11