Municipal advisors

Chicago is accepting request for qualification submissions to supplement the members of its existing pools.

The MSRB's new FAQs examine an issue on which municipal advisor firms have been seeking guidance for months.

The MSRB aims to provide considerations for firms looking at their compliance procedures.

The MSRB is hurrying to release multiple rounds of guidance on its pending muni advisor advertising rule, but industry groups say the first round could use some polish.

The Fifth District Court of Appeals in New Orleans has yet to decide if oral arguments will be held in the suit brought by Calvin Grigsby.

Stull will work with a wide variety of issuers, including the Sunshine State’s growing charter school industry.

Two researchers found the Securities and Exchange Commission and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board had different data on municipal advisor registrants with a number of MAs failing to update SEC filings.

The SEC issued separate administrative orders Monday stripping Malachi Financial Products of its muni advisory registration and barring Porter Bingham from the industry.

The new guidance is just the first of a planned three-part release, which will later cover social media use and the rule's content standards.

Municipal advisors were hoping for something more robust than the comments the MSRB incorporated into its latest "compliance resource."