Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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Republican Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer pressured the Federal Highway Administrator to stop the state's tolling plan for highways in the Portland area.
December 14 -
Friday's S&P upgrade to triple-A follows similar moves by Moody's Investors Service last week and Fitch Ratings last year.
December 8 -
Michael Milken's attorney Richard Sandler penned a book blasting his friend's prosecution. High-yield muni experts weigh in on whether Milken's influence extended to the muni market.
December 7 -
The approval last month by Texas voters of a constitutional amendment to create an endowment fund led S&P Global Ratings to revise the school's outlook to positive from stable.
December 7 -
The board is asking market participants to submit input on how their rules and practices generally impact small firms.
December 4 -
Any treatment of municipal securities as posted collateral must carefully consider the potential impact on market liquidity, financing costs for municipalities, and the broader functioning of the municipal bond market.
November 30 -
The downgrade of Issaquah School District 411 to Aa1 affects $670 million in debt.
November 28 -
U.S. regulators' swift action in March to ring-fence the banking sector after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank might have had an unintended consequence of driving cash out of bond funds by enhancing the appeal of deposits, two New York Fed researchers say.
November 28 -
"The upgrade of Pennsylvania's IDR and related ratings reflects recent use of revenue surpluses to build its reserves to historical highs and Fitch's expectation that substantial reserves will be maintained in the near term," the rating agency said.
November 28 -
States are required to reduce vehicle-related greenhouse gas emissions under the rule that was finalized last week.
November 27 -
Vern Breland has agreed to pay a $35,000 fine and is permanently barred from participating in future municipal securities offerings.
November 22 -
Fitch also affirmed the GOAA's AA-minus rating on $1.8 billion of outstanding senior lien airport facilities revenue bonds and A-plus on $867 million of subordinate lien airport facilities revenue bonds.
November 21 -
Knoxville, Tennessee-based Home Financial Services failed to disclose execution time, mark ups and mark downs to customers on municipal securities transactions, FINRA said.
November 13 -
The law promises major changes to how issuers disclose data.
November 10 -
Year-to-date, MIA has seen passengers levels at 113% of pre-COVID 19 levels, boosted by domestic travel, according to a report from BofA Global Research.
November 7 -
Representatives from the business, academic, legal and other disciplines gathered on Capitol Hill to take aim at the many SEC rule proposals initiated under Gary Gensler's tenure.
November 2 -
While some reliable options have emerged, market professionals remain hopeful the old advance refunding will return before the desire to bring it back loses any momentum.
November 1 -
The number of municipal bond delinquencies declined in the third quarter, despite some dramatic outliers that Moody's Investors Service characterized as idiosyncratic in a report released Monday.
October 31 -
The relief means little for traditional municipal issuers but will have an effect on some conduit borrowers and issuers "adjacent" to the municipal market.
October 31 -
The board expects to have FY 2024 fees filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission before Dec. 1.
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