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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Former U.S. Representative James Oberstar died at age 79 Saturday, silencing one of Washington's most outspoken advocates of increased transportation and infrastructure investment.
May 5 -
Municipalities struggling with fiscal distress need to be especially mindful of fulfilling their continuing disclosure obligations, regulators and analysts said Friday.
May 2 -
It is virtually impossible to predict what would happen if Puerto Rico's financial situation deteriorated to the point where it could no longer repay its debts, experts on distressed municipalities said Thursday.
May 1 -
National Association of Local Finance Housing Agencies has re-elected Ernestine Garey, from Invest Atlanta as its president, plus other officers and directors.
April 30 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission will release new rules for the reform of money market mutual funds "in the near term," although it has not decided whether they should would apply to municipal funds, SEC chairman Mary Jo White told a House panel Tuesday.
April 29 -
Non-dealer municipal advisors are concerned that the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's proposed rule on MA supervisory requirements could be costly to the market without greatly benefiting the issuers it is designed to protect.
April 28 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission's new program allowing issuers and underwriters to "self-report" disclosure failures could be a game changer, according to some market participants.
April 25 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board will discuss plans to rebuild the MSRB's real-time reporting system, as well as comments it has received on its proposed municipal advisor conduct rule and best execution rule when the board meets in Alexandria, Va. next week.
April 23 -
Many smaller issuers remain uninformed about what the impending municipal advisor regulatory regime will mean for them, with broker-dealers picking up the slack and providing them with information, according to market participants.
April 21 -
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has fined three firms and an individual for municipal rule violations, including for a precedent-setting case of improperly seeking reimbursement from issuers for excessive expenses on bond rating trips.
April 15 -
Standard & Poor's has launched a web application that allows users to create rating scenarios for local governments based on the agency's actual methodology.
April 14 -
Sacramento, Calif. Mayor Kevin Johnson will become the new president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors when he is sworn in April 16, the group announced Thursday.
April 10 -
Market participants believe Detroit's settlement with three bond insurers Wednesday is a breakthrough in the city's bankruptcy proceedings, even though it is not final and leaves many questions unanswered.
April 10 -
Tender option bond market participants have two options available to keep those programs viable under the Volcker Rule, though neither is without risk or likely to please everybody with an interest in TOBs.
April 9 -
Federal lawmakers are examining the Canadian public-private partnership model for lessons to apply in the U.S., where a major infrastructure bank bill awaits action in both chambers of Congress.
April 8 - Washington
States that pull back on their cost-cutting measures in response to improving economic conditions could harm their credit, but local governments are in good shape thanks to a housing market recovery, according to a new report from Standard & Poor's.
April 7 -
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has released model documents designed to help its members comply with the municipal advisor registration rule, which takes effect on July 1.
April 4 -
Twenty-two U.S. senators are urging Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Jo White to make sure municipal money market funds are exempted from proposed reforms, warning they will hurt state and local governments.
April 3 -
Three convicted bid-riggers filed documents with a federal appeals court this week arguing that their convictions should be overturned because of several errors by the lower court.
April 2 -
Two lawyers in the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Municipal Securities have been promoted, the SEC announced Wednesday.
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