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 Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations intends to home in on municipal advisor obligations, transfer agents and municipal issuer disclosures.
March 31 -
The budget provides more money to state and local governments and record levels of funding for schools and railroad initiatives.
March 28 -
The New York Fed has called on regulators to issue updated rules on money market funds, but the market effects are quickly transforming the market.
March 25 -
Elements of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate disclosure proposal may influence the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board as it considers more specific rules for the municipal bond market.
March 22 -
The Internal Revenue Service will permanently allow TEFRA hearings to be held remotely.
March 21 -
The MSRB has issued a warning that with the rise in interest rates in recent months, bonds trading at a discount may be less liquid than those trading at par.
March 18 -
The city has succeeded in defending the tax-exempt status of a series of bonds issued in 2013 against IRS claims that they should be retroactively taxable.
March 18 -
The Government Finance Officers Association issued a warning for government officials aiming to deal in cryptocurrencies in addition to updating its best practices for issuers of designated bonds
March 17 -
Sanchez was instrumental in drafting the municipal advisory regulatory regime during his previous stint at the SEC.
March 17 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Texas' Crosby Independent School District and two individuals in connection with the school district’s 2017 fiscal year financial statements.
March 16 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has closed its second comment period on Rule G-46, collecting three responses.
March 16 -
The IRS has entered into a closing agreement with the City of Alpharetta following its VCAP request stemming from the sale of a bond-financed conference center.
March 14 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s request for information on ESG is an attempt to bring politics into capital markets, Marlo Oaks said.
March 11 -
Barkley hopes to get members back to educational events in person as well as adding younger members to the NFMA roster.
March 10 -
The MSRB's request for information on environmental, social and governance considerations in the muni market showed just how uneasy market participants are feeling.
March 9 -
“Many states are reporting revenue surpluses and rebounding economies, in part as a result of federal aid to state governments.”
March 7 -
Green bond issuance may offer no pricing benefit to issuers, but observers have noticed that the process of issuing a green bond often leads to an expanded investor base.
March 4 -
The MSRB’s annual fact book, released on Wednesday, shows that par amount trading volume was down 28% in 2021 when compared with 2020.
March 3 -
Recent federal laws have provided municipalities with record levels of funding, but may only have a marginal increase in the number of issuances.
March 1 -
Pandemic-related aid helped raise the proportion of state revenues coming from the federal government to record highs in fiscal year 2020, Pew Research found.
February 25
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