Municipal disclosure

The MSRB's disclosure website has beefed up its data offerings with two new yield curves that are available for free.

The condition of Florida’s economy and finances led Moody's to upgrade the state to Aaa.

Georgia used an internet presentation and an investor platform to highlight its credit strengths before its annual general obligation bond sale.

A quarter of municipal bond issuance so far this year carried just one rating agency opinion, heightening uncertainty over credit quality for some investors.

The Government Finance Officers Association said Tuesday it generally supports most of the recommendations an SEC panel plans to discuss in Atlanta later this week.

The SEC's Investor Advisory Committee's vice chairman is Elisse Walter, the former chairman and commissioner of the SEC who was most responsible for the commission's 2012 Report on the Municipal Securities Markets that suggested some of these muni reforms.

The muni industry's self regulator said issuers have found underwriters' disclosure letters to be too long, filled with boilerplate, and duplicative.

It’s the city’s first bond investor conference since exiting active state oversight earlier this year.

NFMA has given awards every year since 1984 to recognize those who have contributed to its goals for the advancement of the municipal bond industry.

The Securities and Exchange Committee said its Investor Advisory Committee might made a recommendation related to enhanced municipal and corporate bond disclosure.