Municipal disclosure

Merritt Research Services highlights "unsung disclosure heroes" while reporting little change in most issuers' sluggish pace at releasing audited financials.

The National Federation of Municipal Analysts said its white paper is a disclosure template for future events such as large-scale tropical storms and wildfires.

Trade volume increased by just 4% compared to 2019 following a volatile year for munis.

The agreement to end the lawsuit over the sale of securities for a failed nuclear reactor project still must be approved by the court.

This would be the Government Finance Officers Association's first best practice document on ESG.

One must be mindful of and pay close attention to obligor filings, credit spreads and, of course, rating actions whatever chair you sit in.

Ken Lind, leader of Nixon Peabody's project finance and public finance group, breaks it down by sectors and financing instruments. He also examines virus-related SEC disclosure guidance plus the planned phaseout of Libor. Paul Burton hosts. (38 minutes). Recorded Dec. 2.

The SEC's Rebecca Olsen said in 2021, the regulator plans to explore ways to get more comment on financial disclosure recommendations.

Record new issuance in 2020 in the face of dealing with shutdowns, diminishing tax revenues and political unrest shows how resilient the industry is.

Many issuers in California specifically do not mention climate change in their official statements.

Groups said regulation would not be helpful in encouraging more disclosure.

Bryant Miller Olive PA has practiced public finance and governmental law across the Sunshine State and the Southeast for five decades.

Analysts say closer to 100% of issuers should be disclosing COVID-19 impacts, when in actuality, that number is much lower.

Florida State University's voluntary disclosure on lower dormitory occupancy is an example of providing timely information, Moody's Investors Service said.

The state's new accounting system gets the blame again for California's second year with an extremely late CAFR.

Potential fiscal fallout from the police killing of George Floyd and the pandemic's economic strains brought a negative outlook to the city's AAA S&P rating.

A Government Finance Officers Association-led working group put out recommendations this week on timely and pandemic-related disclosure.

The number of COVID-19-related disclosures reached almost 1,200 filings, but not all filings mean municipalities are being directly impacted by the virus.

The total number of COVID-19 disclosures reported to EMMA for the week ending Aug. 9 was about 700, down from nearly 1,000 the previous week.

Market participants say issuer coronavirus disclosures have stagnated due to tax season and issuer fears of future legal ramifications.