Dodd-Frank

A bill to let money market mutual funds use a stable net asset value is back on the table with the support of muni issuers.

The request for comment could be a prelude to a rule amendment dialing back one muni advisor responsibility.

The impact of the 2008 crisis led Congress and the MSRB to reshape many of the ways business is done in the municipal bond market. Part 1 of The Bond Buyer's series on the decade after the financial crisis.

What began as trouble in the housing and mortgage markets shook the whole world in 2008, including a municipal bond industry that had to learn to live without bond insurance, auction-rate debt and some big investment banks.

The MSRB is making a push to understand muni market indicators.

The CFTC is set to decide how much swap activity necessitates inclusion in the swap dealer regulatory regime.

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., suggested he and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., may introduce a bill that would require MSRB to elect public members who represent consumers and are not just retired industry executives.

A newly released research paper found that the probability that a state general obligation bond will be rated higher after the Dodd-Frank Act is 2.7 times greater than before the law was enacted.

The new guidance is just the first of a planned three-part release, which will later cover social media use and the rule's content standards.

Issuer groups urged a Senate Panel to undo a 2014 SEC rule change that required money market funds to use a floating net asset value.

The federal government's job board stops taking applications next week.

There was friction about the integrity of the muni market during a panel discussion Thursday, but the committee agreed to move along with some disclosure recommendations.

The SEC's Investor Advisory Committee's vice chairman is Elisse Walter, the former chairman and commissioner of the SEC who was most responsible for the commission's 2012 Report on the Municipal Securities Markets that suggested some of these muni reforms.

A proposal by bank and securities regulators to roll back some provisions of the Volcker Rule indicates they may be considering rethinking their previous stance on tender option bonds.

The past 10 years have seen major changes to the market, but analysts aren't sure they've been effective in preparing it for the next test.

The Securities and Exchange Committee said its Investor Advisory Committee might made a recommendation related to enhanced municipal and corporate bond disclosure.

The muni market officially got much of what it has spent years fighting for on Thursday, when President Trump signed the banking bill that makes tradable, investment grade municipal securities high-quality liquid assets under federal banking rules.

Muni market groups got a long-awaited win when the House passed banking legislation classifying certain munis as high-quality liquid assets, even if it wasn't as big a win as hoped.

The bank deregulatory bill passed by Congress on Tuesday would also make fewer banks systemically important and close a legal loophole that had allowed banks to defraud Puerto Rico investors.

A deal struck between House and Senate leaders could lead to a vote as soon as next week on a banking bill that would classify munis as high-quality liquid assets and make them more attractive investments for banks.