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A heated hearing was preceded by letters to the House Financial Services Committee that gave muni advocates a chance to weigh in on regulatory concerns.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will host its Municipal Securities Disclosure Conference May 10

The Commission has settled with Roberto Mejill-Tellado for acting as an unregistered broker in the scheme that defrauded the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

The SEC's Office of Municipal Securities has added Soo Im-Tang in Los Angeles, Preston Swapp in Chicago and Matthew Newman in Atlanta.

Comments for the proposal are in and many urge the Commission to drop the proposal it due to the overlap of existing MSRB and FINRA rules.

The rule establishes the standards to which registered solicitor municipal advisors should adhere and includes amendments to Rule G-8 on books and records.

The amendments seek to align the Rules with the Securities and Exchange Commission's recent approval of T+1 clearing across bond markets.

The proposal would prevent the sale of asset -backed securities tainted by any material conflict of interest and commenters feel that munis should be excluded from the final rule.

But the Securities and Exchange Commission's best-execution proposal, largely dismissed as duplicating an existing Financial Industry Regulatory Authority edict, could have wide-ranging implications for trading firms in options, bonds, and crypto securities as well as equities.

The Securities and Exchange has updated its frequently asked questions page for the registration of municipal advisors, providing guidance on Form MA, Form MA-I and Form MA-NR

The Securities and Exchange Commission proposal would require all market entities to implement policies and procedures to address cybersecurity risks.

The fall of Silicon Valley Bank is forcing regulators to take a closer look at asset structure and the integrity of depository institutions, which will likely include the issuers of securities.

Municipal securities could be exempt from the proposal and the Commission invites commenters to lay out why that should be the case.

The proposed Rule G-46 seeks to clarify certain rules specific to solicitor municipal advisors, a very specific group of professionals.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's examination priorities for the year include big ticket items like Regulation Best Interest.

Open data standards will help Flint "tell its story" and benchmark itself against other cities, said CFO Robert Widigan.

BVAL marketed its bond valuation methods as sophisticated but sometimes based the valuation on a single broker quote, the SEC said.

The MSRB's CEO sat down to discuss regulatory developments in 2023, the board's efforts on technology and other topics.

Some industry observers still question the need for machine-readable municipal disclosure.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Public Finance Abuse Division began looking in new directions, charging five different firms with violating 15c2-12 limited offering exemptions in addition to going after issuer officials.