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.

The presence of unregistered — and potentially unqualified — advisors providing municipal advisory services to state and local governments and other municipal entities is a cause for concern and greater regulatory scrutiny.

Officials from multiple regulators came together on Thursday for a detailed discussion about municipal advisory regulation.

The proposed guidance does not indicate any particular problems with compliance, the MSRB said.

A huge investment in technology dominates the MSRB's budget.

The New York City Housing Development Corp.'s chief operating officer, who died Friday, understood bond financing nuances and "connected people and ideas."

Muni advisors can dialogue with regulators on key obligations from multiple perspectives

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has published its strategic goals for the next four years, which includes the launch of EMMALabs, moving all of its data systems to the cloud and updating its rulemaking guidance.

Trades on alternative trading system platforms are smaller and more likely to involve securities with complex features, according to a new MSRB report.

The announcement came after the municipal advisors trade group said it had received a report of COVID-19 exposure at a testing site.

The increasing influence of institutional market participants is even stronger in the taxable muni sector, a Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board report finds.