Municipal advisors

Issuers need to be careful with bonds specifically marketed as green, said the head of Office of Municipal Securities.

Municipal advisors are seeking more and better communication from regulators and enforcers, NAMA Executive Director Susan Gaffney says. Kyle Glazier hosts. (24 minutes)

Kaufman Hall & Associates, Municipal Capital Markets Group and Montague DeRose & Associates moved up into the top 10.

Independent municipal advisory firm Sycamore Advisors LLC adds veteran banker and issuer Phil Wasserman as part of its expansion.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations intends to home in on municipal advisor obligations, transfer agents and municipal issuer disclosures.

Sanchez was instrumental in drafting the municipal advisory regulatory regime during his previous stint at the SEC.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has closed its second comment period on Rule G-46, collecting three responses.

The Chicago-based organization is more than a quarter century old and intent on growing.

SIFMA had argued that the SEC's temporary exemption order for municipal advisors was arbitrary and capricious.

The organization sought to increase representation of underrepresented minorities and women on its municipal market advisory groups.