Bonds

The Bond Dealers of America has formed a Fixed Income Market Structure Working Group to advise regulators, lawmakers and market participants on structural changes in the fixed income industry and marketplace.

Roisman is officially back at the SEC, but this time as a commissioner.

The Senate voted 85 to 14 on Wednesday, mostly along party lines, to confirm Republican Elad Roisman to become a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2023.

Republican Elad Roisman appears to be moving toward confirmation to the SEC without being paired with a Democrat.

President Trump's nominee Elad Roisman is a step closer to becoming an SEC commissioner.

The U.S. Territorial Relief Act of 2018 would give territories the option to terminate their debt obligations while authorizing $7.5 billion in federal funds to compensate mainland creditors who are individual investors, trade unions, pension plans, and open-end mutual funds.

A newly released research paper found that the probability that a state general obligation bond will be rated higher after the Dodd-Frank Act is 2.7 times greater than before the law was enacted.

Arkansas sees an economic payoff for its $125 million of general obligation bonds that helped it land a $1.1 billion steel mill on the banks of the Mississippi River.

Rita Sallis has briefly rejoined the MSRB board following the resignation of Jim Beard and Ronald Dieckman's term has been extended.

CDFA said it is surveying local, state and multi-jurisdictional issuers about private activity bond fees in conduit transactions.