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 action does not have immediate implications for municipal issuers but could give the muni market a sense of how the SEC is beginning to think about cybersecurity risks.
July 27 -
The organization's first ever recommended best practices for State Revolving Funds will be available for public comment through Sept. 30.
July 25 -
The bill will move onto the Senate in hopes of reaching President Biden's desk before the current Federal Aviation Administration authorization expires on Sept. 30.
July 21 -
Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Securities is the seventh firm charged by the Commission for failing to comply with the appropriate disclosures in connection with the limited offering exemption.
July 20 -
The proposed change to a one-minute reporting window will be discussed at the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board upcoming quarterly meeting.
July 20 -
Despite efforts to pinpoint the problems that stand in the way of data standardization, solving those issues is still a long way off, panelists at the Brookings Municipal Finance Conference said.
July 19 -
The rule amendments would create an exemption for previously qualified municipal advisors to forego requalification after a lapse in working for a municipal advisor.
July 18 -
The SEC has adopted amendments that will increase minimum liquidity requirements, among other features but will only affect the muni market on the margins.
July 13 -
Vern Breland has been permanently barred from participating in any municipal securities issuance after he and the city's municipal advisor were charged with misleading investors on two offerings.
July 10 -
The SEC has settled with Robert Benecke and his firm Benecke Economics for acting as an unregistered MA in a case that is emblematic of the growing problem regulators and advisors alike face.
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