During the new issue pricing period is when institutions place their orders. Independent advisors and their clients are wise to follow the money.

The 1.2-percentage point reduction will amount to $12,000 in saving on a $1 million tax settlement.

Rural governments continue to lose economic ground, according to a Moody's Investors Service report.

Less than three weeks after Harvey Public Library District officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for their multi-million-dollar library expansion in 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission launched an investigation into the project's funding source, records obtained by the Daily Southtown show.

School districts, higher education institutions and healthcare providers could feel the pinch, according to Eric Kim of Fitch Ratings.

The audit could be part of an ongoing initiative by the IRS to examine refunding bonds, said a lawyer.

MSRB is seeking comments on a revised set of potential draft amendments to its rules on primary offering practices and related disclosures that it says would benefit the market for relatively limited costs to participants.

The loss of the SALT deduction cost New Yorkers an additional $14.3 billion in 2018, state Attorney General Barbara Underwood told the Citizens Budget Commission.

George Callas most recently was senior tax counsel to House Speaker Paul Ryan and was a chief architect of the tax reform legislation enacted in December.

A Civil War-era revenue measure is the centerpiece of the arguments in the lawsuit filed by four northeastern states.

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

The sharp decline in trading spreads since 2005 was driven mainly by regulation and technological changes, according to the MSRB's chief economist.

Will a lawsuit alleging a conspiracy in the VRDO market be dismissed early?

Changes the Federal Reserve Board made in 2016 to its Liquidity Coverage Ratio rules would treat munis more restrictively than other, similar Level 2B high quality liquid assets.

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland claim the state and local tax deduction is essential to prevent federal tax powers from interfering with constitutionally guaranteed state rights.

An SEC advisory committee heard critics say the muni market is lacking in pre-trade price transparency and that hurts retail investors. But industry officials said MSRB rules have vastly improved muni market transparency.

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.

A newly released research paper found that the probability that a state general obligation bond will be rated higher after the Dodd-Frank Act is 2.7 times greater than before the law was enacted.

The new service will save dealer firms time and effort as they enter into muni underwriting syndicates.

Twenty-three years after hitting rock bottom, D.C. has a triple-A rating.