Municipal advisors have a duty of care to their clients that is much more comprehensive, and more demanding.

The fallout from a 2017 federal fraud case is continuing to impact bond investors with the latest development involving the loss of tax-exempt status for bonds that were issued for two assisted living facilities in Georgia.

Dealer firms are trying to comply with newer rules like markup disclosure, while regulators are finding some problems and working to communicate more clearly.

Roisman is officially back at the SEC, but this time as a commissioner.

A total of three advisory groups will be providing input to the board in the new fiscal year.

States would be barred from starting to require the collection and remittance sales taxes from online vendors located out of state until next year under a bill introduced by two Republicans in the Senate.

In a post-tax reform world, the PFM Group created a new title, promoting Daniel Hartman to head of the financial advisory business.

Widespread use of the bid-wanted process as a price discovery tool could hurt market integrity, the MSRB believes.

The top executives of FINRA, the MSRB, and some industry groups received total compensation of more than $1 million, The Bond Buyer’s latest survey of compensation levels at 23 municipal market-related groups shows.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sent letters to the 12 top banks and broker-dealers that remarket variable rate demand obligations, seeking information and documents on their remarketing and rate resetting practices.

The MSRB is concerned about the fairness of so-called "pre-arranged trading," but some say it's a bit of a grey area.

The Senate voted 85 to 14 on Wednesday, mostly along party lines, to confirm Republican Elad Roisman to become a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2023.

The SEC is sorting out those charged with engaging in a large multi-year "flipping" and kickback scheme.

Fitch Ratings upgraded the city's issuer default rating to AA-minus from A-plus.

Republican Elad Roisman appears to be moving toward confirmation to the SEC without being paired with a Democrat.

Bond lawyers will recognize the late Jim Lebenthal and Lewis Horne with awards next month, as well as Virginia "Gigi" Benjamin.

The MSRB is making a push to understand muni market indicators.

The SEC has added two events to the existing fourteen events under Rule 15c2-12, which requires certain notice filings with the MSRB’s EMMA system within 10 business days of occurrence.

The proposed Treasury rules would limit states' use of charitable deductions as workarounds for the $10,000 cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes.

James J. O'Neil received a 12-month suspension from the market for his role in the flipping and kickback scheme.