Bonds

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.

Emrich is a longtime credit and bond analyst in the municipal securities market.

Two town officials also received civil penalties totaling $35,000 and were ordered to resign and be temporarily barred from employment with Ramapo, N.Y.

Senate and House Appropriations Committees appropriate more funds for certain transportation and housing programs after the president sought cuts to or elimination of the programs.

The 13-year-old Real-Time Transaction Reporting System has undergone a three-year re-engineering process.

The District of Columbia was praised for tackling the funding needs for maintaining its critical infrastructure by a rating agency concerned about deferral of such maintenance by states and local governments.

Bruising political fights over Obamacare and tax reform may have killed the chances for Trump's infrastructure plan, leaving state and local governments to lead the way.

The U.S. infrastructure system looks remarkably backwards to many international eyes, and threatens the economy in the long run, experts said on Wednesday.

A deal struck between House and Senate leaders could lead to a vote as soon as next week on a banking bill that would classify munis as high-quality liquid assets and make them more attractive investments for banks.

The fiscal Oversight Board estimates $62 billion of disaster relief funding from federal and private sources will boost the island’s economy for the next few years.

The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico approved the plan by a 6-1 vote Thursday after negotiations with the commonwealth’s government failed.

Cities deny NAM charge that they committed securities fraud by failing to adequately address climate risk in their muni bond official statements.

The revenue procedure implements a proposal in President Trump's infrastructure plan that will help facilitate public-private partnership arrangements.

The municipal market appears to be shifting away from its traditional retail-dominated status, which has implications for regulatory policy that's largely aimed at protecting the retail investor.