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SIFMA is publishing a new model document that it says should help underwriters avoid regulatory risk.

The two regulatory agencies are working to ensure a seemless transition to another benchmark when Libor is phased out in 2021.

The letter initiated by Rep. Leonard Lance of New Jersey threatens congressional oversight measures if passenger rail line funds are not released.

The amount of outstanding variable rate demand bonds rose to $142.4 billion in the second quarter of this year, a gain over $142.2 billion in the first quarter and the end of a decade-long decline, Moody’s Investor Service said in a recent report.

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

House Republicans will vote Thursday or Friday on tax reform legislation that would make permanent the $10,000 federal cap on the deduction for state and local taxes and individual income tax rate reductions.

The MSRB is hoping that new guidelines will encourage more conversation between its staff and the broker-dealers and muni advisors it regulates.

One proposal is to use the Chicago water system to fund the Windy City’s public employee pension plans.

MEAG joins two other owners of the Plant Vogtle project voting to move forward; Oglethorpe Power has yet to decide.

Carlos Braceras, elected as the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ new president on Monday, said one of his goals will be to persuade Congress to include more funding and policy reforms in surface transportation reauthorization legislation.

The coalition is sponsoring a campaign fundraiser for Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee.

Thirty states told the Council of Development Finance Agencies they issued mortgage revenue bonds in 2017 compared to only 18 that issued mortgage credit certificates.

FINRA examiners alleged Mesirow violated disclosure and supervisory rules.

A Carlsbad, Calif.-based San Diego-based firm, Eric Hall & Associates, is accused of being unregistered when it served as municipal advisor to a school district.

States reported a 20.2% jump in the issuance of private activity bonds from the $20.4 billion issued in 2016.

A pilot program for the new Series 54 exam should be available early next year, the MSRB announced.

The MSRB's guidance on social media use by muni advisors under its new advertising rule could use some work, market participants said.

Florida’s JEA has asked federal regulators to review its power purchase agreement with Georgia’s MEAG, a move that could delay lawsuits filed over the matter.

Where the SEC's Rick Fleming sees potential benefits, broker-dealers see burdensome, duplicative work.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on Monday released final and draft guidance on issues related to its G-40 advertising rules for municipal advisors.