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 Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department have a number of important updates for the muni market in 2022.
December 28 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments to its money market fund rules, which it has tinkered with repeatedly since the Great Recession.
December 15 -
Following the departure of Devin Nunes as the top Republican slated to succeed the retiring Kevin Brady on the Ways and Means Committee, several Republicans have begun campaigning for the top spot, which could hold considerable influence over the municipal bond industry if Republicans take the House in 2022.
December 13 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is seeking comment on environmental, social and governance factors practices in the municipal securities market.
December 8 -
Following the news that Rebecca Olsen, former director of the Office of Municipal Securities has moved to deputy chief in place of Mark Zehner, the Securities and Exchange Commission has named Ernesto Lanza as acting director.
December 3 -
Mark Zehner has retired from his position as deputy chief of the SEC's public finance abuse unit, a position that Rebecca Olsen, former director of the Office of Municipal Securities, has taken over.
December 3 -
Analysts project a positive outlook for toll roads in 2022, expecting median tolled traffic and revenue growth at 2% and 4%, respectively.
December 2 -
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a preliminary determination that bonds issued by the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, may be retroactively taxable.
November 30 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged an Illinois-based broker with defrauding three investors out of $800,000 by luring them into investing in nonexistent tax-exempt bonds.
November 29 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained a final judgment against John Paulsen, a broker-dealer charged with aiding and abetting a pay-to-play scheme with the New York State Common Retirement Fund.
November 23
