SEC Launches Muni FA Registration System
September 2, 2010 WASHINGTON - The Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday announced that it has adopted a temporary rule requiring...

Moody’s Pulls Indemnification Language From Muni Issuer Applications
September 1, 2010 WASHINGTON — Bowing to growing concerns from muni issuers, Moody’s Investors Service announced Wednesday that it...

Moody’s Pulls Indemnification Language From Muni Issuer Applications
September 1, 2010 WASHINGTON — Bowing to growing concerns from municipal issuers, Moody’s Investors Service announced Wednesday that...

Ramsay Plans Return to SEC as Deputy Chief in Markets, Trading
August 30, 2010 John Ramsay, a former federal regulatory and industry lawyer with broad experience in the municipal and other financial...

Indemnification Language Hasn’t Changed, Moody’s Spokesman Says
August 27, 2010 Moody’s Investors Service is not pushing municipal bond issuers to agree to indemnification language for ratings as a...

MSRB Seeks Nod for Expanded Board
August 27, 2010 WASHINGTON — The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on Friday asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve...

MSRB Asks SEC to Approve Expansion
August 27, 2010 WASHINGTON - The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow it to expand...

MSRB Seeks Attorney, Administrative and IT Applicants
August 18, 2010 The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is seeking applicants for nine attorney, administrative, and technology positions,...

Justice Acts Against Second GIC Broker
August 13, 2010 WASHINGTON — Martin Kanefsky is the second broker of muni investment agreements that the Justice Department has taken...

Fifth Guilty Plea Entered in Ongoing Federal Muni Investigation
August 12, 2010 WASHINGTON — Martin Kanefsky, the former owner and chief executive officer of a Great Neck, N.Y.-based firm that helped...