Connor Hussey is a reporter for the Bond Buyer. Before settling on municipal securities, he covered many facets of the finance industry, including private equity for Private Equity International and Private
Funds CFO, as well as tax for the International Tax Review and financial law for the International Financial Law Review. He has a B.A. in Economics and English Literature from the University of Maine.
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The amendments exempt those who've already qualified as a municipal advisor representative from retaking the Series 50 exam.
September 13 -
Taylor Klavan worked on financings for both LaGuardia and the Terminal 6 project at JFK Airport.
September 13 -
Sarah Jansen was introduced to the world of public finance while taking a public financial management class in graduate school at the University of Texas.
September 13 -
"The teams are pretty small, so I got exposure to things very early and that's helped me along the way," Stephanie Lom said.
September 13 -
Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Gary Gensler, speaking in front of the Senate Banking Committee, defended his tenure and the 22 rulemaking proposals he's adopted in the last few years.
September 12 -
After years of surplus from COVID-19 related stimulus, state tax revenues declined by 6.7% in nominal terms and 9.4% in real terms in June when compared with a year prior.
September 7 -
While congressional leaders fight over what to include with the $12 billion slated for FEMA, others feel that the reliance on FEMA and the federal government for disaster relief may begin to change.
September 6 -
The Department of Treasury had until Aug. 31 to file an appeal and failed to do so.
September 5 -
Moves to reschedule marijuana down to a Schedule III drug would lower taxes local cannabis businesses pay.
August 31 -
Mainly attributable to high inflation and increasing interest rates, costs have been increasing for retail sized trades but remained steady for institutional sized trades.
August 22 -
In a hearing held by the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, representatives for local governments and public power agencies expressed what they see as essential in getting the most out of the Inflation Reduction Act's tax credits.
August 21 -
Calls the save the tax exemption are sounding as rising U.S. debt to GDP ratios and increased interest rates could point to austerity measures in the near future.
August 18 -
A letter signed by GFOA, NLC and NACo, expressed concerns over the IRS and Treasury's tax credit election, particularly, complexities around pre-filing and compliance.
August 16 -
The disaster in Hawaii highlights the increasing importance of Congress to act on the dwindling budget of FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund.
August 15 -
Doty, 81, touched nearly every facet of the public finance industry over his almost fifty-year career.
August 15 -
A $40 billion White House supplemental funding request includes $12 billion for FEMA's disaster relief fund, but critics say it may be safer to consider the measure alone.
August 11 -
The board has added Alexander Chilton, Michael Craft, Pamela Frederick, Wendell Gaertner, and Christopher Kendall, as well as the returning Ernesto Lanza as chief regulatory and policy officer.
August 3 -
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said FEMA's main disaster relief fund needs to be replenished and has been in talks with the Biden Administration over plans for a supplemental spending bill.
August 2 -
Brandon Comer and his firm Comer Capital Group are in talks to settle the Securities and Exchange Commission charges against them ahead of a pretrial conference Nov. 17.
August 1 -
During its quarterly board meeting, the MSRB approved its controversial one-minute trade reporting window and approved a $47 million budget for FY 2024.
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