Data transparency

ICE's and MarketAxess's networks are "complementary," said Peter Borstelmann, president of ICE Bonds, as the former is "deep and rich" in the retail wealth segment, while the latter is "deep and rich" in the institutional space.

A new classification scheme would allow market participants, both on the buy and sell sides, to correctly identify the source and nature of credit risk in their holdings and to aggregate such risk into meaningful sectors that share common risk drivers.

CDIAC's revamped website, which launches May 1, will offer accessibility to state and local debt from issuance through maturity and the ability to create summary reports based on search features.

Building off his success in creating a revolutionary website as Massachusetts assistant treasurer of debt management, BondLink founder Colin MacNaught has grown his firm into 45 states.

The amount of time governments took to produce audited financials has increased by double-digits during an 11-year period.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's thrusts include the MTA Open Data Act; state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli launched a federal COVID-19 funding tracker.

The companies said the new offering combines ICE Data Services’ expertise in municipal bond pricing and reference data alongside ADP’s aggregated, anonymized and timely HR and compensation data.

Michael Ruvo, president and CEO of BondWave, talks about how he thinks technology changes — and the data that enables those changes — will help with market transparency and make for a more efficient market overall. Lynne Funk hosts. (21 minutes). Recorded Dec. 4.

Most of the disclosures tracked since the beginning of the year were filed in March, the MSRB said.

The group is charged with advising MSRB board members on ways to improve EMMA.

Nasdaq hopes to expand its platform, improve transparency and include many municipal issuers.

The platform harnesses technology with the goal of creating more efficiency, transparency and a comprehensive look at the market.

A closer examination of what’s really being offered by open symbology initiatives reveals some deep flaws in that pitch.

At an SEC Fixed Income Market Structure Committee meeting on Monday, participants suggested giving out awards to incentivize issuers to submit timely financial information.

Muni veteran Triet Nguyen and fixed income expert Greg Carlin lend expertise in muni data analytics and sales to help broaden product line at DPC Data.

Lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would set up a commission to study if the state should require the machine-readable accounting program.

Investors miss opportunities when they fail to evaluate munis against an environmental, social and governance framework.

XBRL recently released its second draft of a CAFR reporting taxonomy incorporating feedback from groups such as the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers.

Taxpayers, public employees and federal oversight agencies are among the constituencies that want to monitor a municipal bond issuer’s financial performance.

State Sen. John Moorlach's legislation would make California only the second state to adopt the machine-readable computer language for financial documents.