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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A federal court imposed an unusually stiff financial penalty and a lifetime ban against the already-jailed Christopher St. Lawrence.
November 15 -
Distinguishing abusive `pennying' from less insidious behavior is key, dealers told the MSRB.
November 14 -
“Asset recycling can help fix America’s serious infrastructure problems: aging, deteriorating facilities and a lack of funding for a large array of new infrastructure that would improve our quality of life," the study's author said.
November 14 -
Examiners found that Mark Stewart Saunders was improperly relying on permission from a customer's daughter.
November 13 -
The board stands by its chief economist's conclusions after criticism from the Bond Dealers of America.
November 12 -
The MSRB should tread carefully in basing future research or rulemaking on its July study of secondary market spreads, BDA said.
November 9 -
Todd Barker appears prepared to have negotiated a monetary settlement with the SEC, while Dwayne Edwards plans to contest the SEC's motion in court.
November 8 -
Democrats could attempt to revive Build America Bonds as part of a bipartisan infrastructure bill following their House victory.
November 6 -
The IRS announcement of an advisory committee shuffle has some lawyers nervous.
November 2 -
Public finance cases represented 3% of the SEC's enforcement actions the past fiscal year.
November 2 -
Next month's event may also give attendees a rare chance to hear about muni issues directly from every commissioner.
November 1 -
FINRA found, and the SEC upheld, muni and other rule that violations Thaddeus North failed to prevent as chief compliance officer.
October 31 -
The defense team accused the SEC of a "gross abuse of power."
October 30 -
The first meeting for several new board members included discussions with other regulators and groups, the MSRB said Monday.
October 29 -
The number of MSRB-registered dealers has fallen by almost one-third since 2009 and FINRA and the MSRB have some concerns about it.
October 26 -
The municipal securities market is slowly looking more like the stock market.
October 25 -
The newly-minted water infrastructure law is good news for state and local governments looking for more avenues to finance water projects.
October 24 -
A muni advisor facing an enforcement action could use a Supreme Court decision on gambling as a defense, a bond lawyer says.
October 22 -
Regulators already have a template around which to build an exemption from Volcker for tender option bonds, wrote SIFMA's Michael Decker.
October 18 -
The MSRB needs to better explain the mock advertisements in its compliance resource, a pair of industry groups told the board this week.
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