Financial regulations

Local government investment pools remain free from SEC rules

In May, a bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to the federal agencies responsible for the FDTA rulemaking, urging them to stick to the schedule spelled out in the law.

The board's next quarterly meeting, scheduled for July 24-25, will include a review of market regulations, structure, and transparency issues .

The amendments add disclosure scenarios, slightly update the definition of materiality as well as clarify details of supplementary material.

The use of unregistered municipal advisors in the public-private partnership sector can lead to unnecessarily expensive deals for cities and states, said SEC's Dave Sanchez.

Cities and states should carefully review the joint federal proposal and flag anything that may create a market problem, said the SEC's Dave Sanchez.

SIFMA's Leslie Norwood joins Bond Buyer Executive Editor Kyle Glazier for a discussion about the regulatory and legislative outlook for broker-dealers. (17 minutes)

Smaller issuers will find it easier to tell their stories to investors who are looking to customize their portfolios.

Republicans are threatening to try to overturn the rule through the Congressional Review Act.

Bond Buyer Executive Editor Kyle Glazier discusses the coming year in D.C. with Bond Dealers of America's Brett Bolton. (15 minutes)

The law promises major changes to how issuers disclose data.

Representatives from the business, academic, legal and other disciplines gathered on Capitol Hill to take aim at the many SEC rule proposals initiated under Gary Gensler's tenure.

The SEC's Examination Division will focus on solicitor municipal advisors' compliance with new MSRB Rule G-46, which goes into effect on Mar. 1, 2024.

Officials from the Governmental Accounting Standards Board said that adhering to the Financial Data Transparency Act may make things more complicated.

The House Financial Services Committee grilled SEC chief Gary Gensler Wednesday.

Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Gary Gensler, speaking in front of the Senate Banking Committee, defended his tenure and the 22 rulemaking proposals he's adopted in the last few years.

Volatility in fixed income prices, which has risen recently, should not be mistaken for a systemic flaw in market structure or be used as a "strawman" to fix the plumbing and functioning of these markets.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will be issuing two different rulemaking proposals to address the controversial Financial Data Transparency Act.

The MSRB will request comment on Rule G-12 on inter dealer confirmations and seeks to codify or retire nearly 40 pieces of interpretive guidance related to it.

The proposal would prevent the sale of asset -backed securities tainted by any material conflict of interest and commenters feel that munis should be excluded from the final rule.