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The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's meeting will discuss the scope of its Form A-12 modernization efforts, authorizing a request for comment on a certain MA exemption and extending COVID relief under MSRB Rule G-27, among others.

Dave Sanchez urged local officials to be wary of certain structures that proved unprofitable during the last downturn.

The Internal Revenue Service has closed its examination of Burlington's taxable Qualified School Construction Bonds with no change after requesting a use of proceeds earlier this year

The former municipal advisor Porter Bingham has been sentenced to four months imprisonment and two years term of supervised release following his fraudulent billing to the city of Rolling Fork, Mississippi in connection with a 2015 bond offering.

An audience poll during the National Association of Bond Lawyers' Workshop indicated that offering and disclosure fraud were among the highest concerns for the muni market.

Even without formal rules tailored to the municipal market, ESG integration will likely come to the muni market faster than expected.

Illinois-based broker dealer Ronald Molo has been fined $815,104 in disgorgement and prejudgment interest and has been permanently enjoined from participating in the issuance, purchase, offer or sale of any security.

Should the proposal go forward, the board should provide analysis and evidence as to how such a requirement would benefit the market, dealers said.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's intends to spend $45.5 million over the course of FY2023.

Anthony Michael Holland has also been ordered to pay almost $1.2 million in restitution.

Meredith Hathorn's almost forty years in public finance situate her well to steward the board through the coming fiscal year.

Brett, whose term ends this week, oversaw the MSRB's push for a greater integration of technology as well as overseeing some controversial rule proposals.

Aaron Fletcher and his firm Twin Spires Financial have entered a final judgment with the Securities and Exchange Commission over their role in two allegedly fraudulent offerings and a failure to register as a municipal advisor.

Vern Buchanan appears to lead the way, but recent moves by Jason Smith to appeal to more GOP leaders make the race for chair of the Ways and Means Committee a tight one.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board voted to amend its Rule G-40 on advertising by muni advisors and Rule A-12 on registration during its final board meeting of the year.

The SEC has charged Chicago-based broker-dealer Loop Capital with providing advice to a municipal entity without registering as a municipal advisor

Municipal advisor Matthias O'Meara and his firm Choice Advisors' move to dismiss the SEC's first ever charges under MSRB Rule G-42 failed.

The SEC has charged Oppenheimer in a litigated action and settled with BNY Mellon, TD Securities and Jefferies for failing to comply with municipal bond disclosure requirements.

Removing the passenger facility charge cap of $4.50 would provide airports with more flexible and consistent funding options to help them become more self-reliant, a Reason Foundation study said.

Capital Market Advisors responded to the Securities and Exchange Commission's claims that the charges are inconsistent or in excess of those imposed by the applicable laws.