Kyle Glazier is the Washington Bureau Chief of The Bond Buyer. He has previously covered securities law, the Far West, and markets. He has previously written for the Houston Chronicle, Albany Times-Union, and The Denver Post. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission needs to remove regulatory impediments to the development of electronic trading platforms for the fixed income market and work to avoid a looming liquidity cliff, commissioner Daniel Gallagher said Friday.
October 27 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission granted approval Friday of a rule establishing supervisory requirements for municipal advisors, the first new Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board MA rule to get the nod since the SEC's registration regime was adopted last year.
October 24 -
Dealers want the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board to reduce the cost of compliance and to move quickly to finish the municipal advisor rules, while issuers are unsure they want the MSRB's protection.
October 24 -
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board chair Kym Arnone wants the board to finish the municipal advisor rules and take more steps to improve transparency before the end what she says is the hardest job she has ever loved in a nearly 30-year muni career.
October 24 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is proposing to establish limits on the gifts and non-cash benefits municipal advisors can provide in their professional capacities.
October 23 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board announced Wednesday that it will discuss municipal advisor pay-to-play rulemaking, market transparency enhancement initiatives, and asset-backed securities disclosure when it meets in Alexandria, Va. Oct. 29-31.
October 22 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board announced on Wednesday that it will be offering a free six-week video series to educate municipal securities investors about fundamental disclosure documents.
October 22 -
Market participants are concerned that language in the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal to remove references to credit ratings from its Rule 2a-7 governing money market funds could be too restrictive on what securities MMFs could purchase.
October 21 -
The Bond Dealers of America is urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to crack down on non-dealer municipal advisors acting as unlicensed broker-dealers by assisting municipalities in placing their debt through the direct placement markets.
October 20 -
Eight state and local groups are urging federal banking regulators to classify investment-grade munis with demonstrated liquidity as high-quality liquid assets.
October 17 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's proposal to require dealers to train certain individuals annually on municipal securities issues.
October 17 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission said that new technology and investigative techniques led to a strong fiscal 2014 enforcement year, including municipal bond cases.
October 16 -
Public officials who have traditionally believed that they are safe from Securities and Exchange Commission action if they avoid exchanges of favor should think again in the face of increased SEC focus on anti-corruption efforts, former commission enforcement lawyer Peter Chan said.
October 16 -
Investment grade bonds of issuers and obligors with at least $100 million of securities outstanding should qualify as high-quality liquid assets under federal banking rules, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association told regulators in a just-released letter.
October 15 -
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined two firms a total of $28,500 for violations of municipal securities rules, including excessive markups and trade reporting failures.
October 15 -
Gary Goldsholle will leave his post as general counsel at the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board after serving just over two years, according to multiple sources.
October 14 -
Inspections of municipal advisors will be low-stress and MAs will be notified in advance before seeing any Securities and Exchange Commission personnel at their doors, members of the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations told non-dealer advisors.
October 14 -
The National Association of Independent Public Finance Advisors voted at its annual meeting Thursday to change its name to the National Association of Municipal Advisors, and has elected Terri Heaton of Springsted Inc. as the renamed organization's president.
October 10 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission is concerned that Municipal Advisors are not registering properly and that some may be attempting to manipulate the MA rule as a marketing tool.
October 10 -
Months after the municipal advisor registration rule's final effective date, there is still considerable confusion among both regulated entities and issuers about what the new regulations require.
October 9
