MSRB

Following the news that Rebecca Olsen, former director of the Office of Municipal Securities has moved to deputy chief in place of Mark Zehner, the Securities and Exchange Commission has named Ernesto Lanza as acting director.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s new report on the use of internal and external liquidity in the municipal bond market shows that for transactions under $100,000 external liquidity has steadily increased since 2011.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board will begin accepting applications for two public and two regulated representatives to join its 15-member board.

Compliance input and advisory group submissions are due by Dec. 13th

ICE expanded its ESG reference data coverage to now include two million fixed-income instruments.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board plans to request comment on its supervision rule within the next month.

Modernizing rules and leveraging technology are focal points for the organization.

Environmental, social and governance factors are gaining importance in the muni industry.

MSRB Executive Director Mark Kim, as well as the board's new chair and vice chair sit down for a talk about the board's priorities in the new fiscal year.

A recent panel discussion shed some light on how issuers and borrowers should be disclosing climate related information.