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Baker McKenzie created a new group to integrate regulation and enforcement in a move to align with the Securities and Exchange Commission's practices.

Nearly two in three finance officers in large cities predict a recession in the next year or two.

The proposed settlement, filed in federal district court in New York late last week, would bring to a close the SEC’s case against Navnoor Kang, Deborah Kelley and Gregg Schonhorn.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board plans a review after pressure from Sens. John Kennedy and Elizabeth Warren to change the makeup of its membership.

In the SEC inquiry, along with a separate FAA investigation, regulators are trying to determine if airport revenues were misspent.

S&P Global reports state HFAs are maintaining high ratings this year, “buoyed by demand for affordable housing and mortgages, low interest rates, relatively low unemployment, increasing wages, and the overall strong domestic economy.”

The expiration of a federal highway bill could provide a catalyst for expanding bonds, according to former Senate Finance Committee tax counsel, Ryan Abraham.

The proposal is highly doubtful to become law in the coming months given the limited number of days Congress will be in session the remainder of the year.

Municipal market participants got some comfort about their fraud liability if they act in good faith on interim financial disclosures.

After getting national attention for allegedly swindling millions from a disabled billionaire client, brokers Ami Forte and Charles Lawrence have been barred from the industry.

The Idaho audit involved $1.485 million general obligation bonds issued with a taxable direct-pay federal subsidy under the Qualified School Construction Bonds program.

Issuers will be looking to see what Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton says about disclosure.

Two board members said an effort in congress to shift responsibility for the commonwealth's infrastructure revitalization is ill timed.

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a non-public letter to the city of Atlanta last week, prompting a possible investigation into its airport.

The dealer entered into two municipal bond orders into a recently deceased customer's account.

Public safety and jail bonds, sinking fund overfunding and variable rate bonds are the top IRS compliance and enforcement priorities for the municipal bond market in fiscal 2020.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's 2019 Report on Examination Findings, released Wednesday, discussed violations FINRA personnel discovered.

Years after the Securities and Exchange Commission enacted a rule to require floating net asset values, finance officers are fighting the legislative malaise to try to undo it.

If a majority of the justices find the Oversight Board created by Congress has a primarily federal role, it could do what the hedge funds want and invalidate the board.

The firm attached a corrective action statement detailing changes to its personnel, compliance department and municipal trading desk.