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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Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico's sole non-voting member of Congress, has introduced legislation that would allow the commonwealth's government to authorize certain government-owned corporations to enter Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy.
July 31 -
UBS is facing more than $600 million in damage claims filed by Puerto Rico investors in closed-end bond funds, the bank said in its second quarter earnings report Tuesday.
July 29 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Municipal Securities is hiring two new attorney advisers in the latest expansion of the team tasked with providing muni market expertise to federal regulators.
July 28 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission's new money market fund rules will make MMF investors more conservative while retaining the funds' usefulness for most market participants, including tax-exempt investors and municipalities, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.
July 25 -
Kroll Bond Rating Agency has reached agreement with the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board to have the agency's ratings available on EMMA.
July 25 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board sought approval Thursday for the first municipal advisor rule the muni industry's self regulator has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve since SEC adopted its final MA rule in September.
July 24 -
Municipal bond issuers, dealers, and lawyers are making another push to alter the Securities and Exchange Commission's Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation initiative, asking the SEC to narrow the program's scope and delay its deadline by several months.
July 24 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on Wednesday proposed a revised draft rule to establish the core duties of municipal advisors, tweaking some of the provisions that generated the most controversy in January's first draft.
July 23 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-2 on Wednesday to require institutional money market mutual funds to adopt a floating net asset value.
July 23 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on Tuesday filed a revised proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission to require dealers to provide annual municipal securities training for registered persons who regularly conduct or supervise muni business.
July 22 -
A new company is aiming to keep holders of Puerto Rico bonds informed about the court proceedings there.
July 21 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board announced Monday that it has hired David H. Saltiel as chief economist and is also recruiting someone else to lead to a market structure department that it is creating.
July 21 -
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority will close on about $450 million of debt July 23, most of it in the form of a historic green century bond issuance that DC Water's chief financial officer is crediting with introducing new investors to the large, frequent issuer.
July 18 -
A Republican congressman is pushing the Securities and Exchange Commission to limit the scope of its disclosure violations self-reporting program to the last two years, warning that if it does not he and other lawmakers may seek a legislative solution.
July 17 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's proposal to simplify and harmonize its rules on professional designations has drawn applause from a dealers group.
July 16 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board will re-propose its draft Rule G-42 on the duties of non-solicitor advisors, the MSRB confirmed Tuesday.
July 15 -
Dealers pay less for munis than customers, particularly when there is more time between trades, according to a long-awaited study commissioned by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. But market sources say the finding is not surprising and that the report is limited in its results.
July 15 - Washington
Puerto Rico's non-voting representative in Congress met with credit rating agencies and investment bankers in New York last weekend, seeking to assure them of Puerto Rico's economic future.
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Utah Treasurer Richard Ellis is making a push to educate his state's issuers about the Securities and Exchange Commissions Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation initiative, which many public officials remain uninformed about.
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Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi is exploring whether Congress might be willing to amend the federal bankruptcy code to allow government-owned corporations in Puerto Rico to file for bankruptcy.
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