MSRB

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.

The board will have 15 members for its fiscal year starting Oct. 1.

Effective spread data yielded interesting results about the way corporate and municipal bonds were treated by Fed backstop programs.

The board decided last month it would seek commission approval to tweak rules related to mandatory disclosures.

It was a busy quarterly board meeting for the MSRB.

Dealers and muni advisors think the loyalties of solicitor MAs should be clearly disclosed.

Giroux brings to the MSRB her experience advocating on behalf of both broker-dealers and bond lawyers.

The dealer group's concern is on the treatment of institutional SMMPs under the suitability standard.

Robert Clarke Brown has joined the Board of Directors for the remainder of the fiscal year.

The proposed changes are part of the MSRB's ongoing retrospective rule review.

The broker exercised discretion in seven customer accounts despite Morgan Stanley no longer allowing discretionary trading.