Financial regulations

Next month's event may also give attendees a rare chance to hear about muni issues directly from every commissioner.

The municipal securities market is slowly looking more like the stock market.

While S&P, Moody's and Fitch still provide ratings on about 92% of municipal bonds, market participants say they don’t rely on the rating agencies as they once did. Part 2 of The Bond Buyer’s series on the decade after the financial crisis.

Regulators already have a template around which to build an exemption from Volcker for tender option bonds, wrote SIFMA's Michael Decker.

The committee tasked with providing insight on the muni and corporate bond markets is meeting again in two weeks.

The Bond Dealers of America has formed a Fixed Income Market Structure Working Group to advise regulators, lawmakers and market participants on structural changes in the fixed income industry and marketplace.

Gary Hall, who became the new MSRB chair on Monday, says he has a "reverence" for the muni market.

Incoming NABL president Dee Wisor wants the group to be more active in Washington.

Municipal advisors may be subject simultaneously to conflicts of interest that should be fully disclosed under both federal and state law.

Roisman is officially back at the SEC, but this time as a commissioner.

In a post-tax reform world, the PFM Group created a new title, promoting Daniel Hartman to head of the financial advisory business.

Republican Elad Roisman appears to be moving toward confirmation to the SEC without being paired with a Democrat.

The SEC has added two events to the existing fourteen events under Rule 15c2-12, which requires certain notice filings with the MSRB’s EMMA system within 10 business days of occurrence.

President Trump's nominee Elad Roisman is a step closer to becoming an SEC commissioner.

As the dust settles on the SEC's 15c2-12 announcement, questions loom about how difficult it will be to implement.

The final rules will focus on debt obligations on a similar level as bonds, an effort to respond to comments that the first proposal was too broad.

The MSRB aims to provide considerations for firms looking at their compliance procedures.

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

While she didn't work on muni issues specifically, Allison Lee is a seasoned buster of financial wrongdoers.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has selected two individuals representing the public and three from regulated entities from 80 applicants to become part of its 21-member board on Oct. 1.