Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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BVAL marketed its bond valuation methods as sophisticated but sometimes based the valuation on a single broker quote, the SEC said.
January 23 -
To cool inflation, the Boston Fed president said, the central bank may need to keep raising rates and then holding them steady for a while.
January 19 -
The MSRB's quarterly meeting, set to take place Jan. 25-26, will also include discussion of EMMA modernization efforts and the impacts of the Financial Data Transparency Act.
January 18 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's request for comment on amendments to its primary offering disclosure rule garnered just two submissions.
January 18 -
Powell, 69, received the positive test Wednesday and "is up to date with COVID-19 vaccines and boosters," the Fed said in a statement, adding that he is working remotely while isolating at home.
January 18 -
Underwriting fees generated for the board totaled some $7.4 million, an almost 50% drop from the $14.3 million the board received in 2020.
January 13 -
The board has confirmed his departure from the regulator is imminent
January 11 -
Rep. Jason Smith sold colleagues on his intentions to strictly oversee the Biden administration.
January 10 -
President Biden asked Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to stay in her post, and she agreed, a White House official familiar with the matter said.
January 10 -
The JPMorgan Chase CEO said the Federal Reserve's rate hikes might need to go beyond what's currently expected, but he's in favor of a pause to see the full impact of last year's increases.
January 10 -
Esther George, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, is retiring later this month. What's taking the bank so long to find a successor?
January 9 -
Without admitting or denying the findings, Blaylock Van consented to FINRA's findings that it failed to establish and maintain written supervisory procedures.
January 5 -
The organization is focused on some key muni priorities with the new year and new Congress.
January 4 -
While the turnpike authority is mulling an appeal of an Open Meeting Act violation judgment, lawyers for property owners are preparing to sue over money paid to contractors.
January 4 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board seeks four board members, particularly searching for an investor.
January 4 -
Some industry observers still question the need for machine-readable municipal disclosure.
January 4 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission's Public Finance Abuse Division began looking in new directions, charging five different firms with violating 15c2-12 limited offering exemptions in addition to going after issuer officials.
December 30 -
The permit clears land in rural Georgia for redevelopment by the electric vehicle maker, which is separately trying to validate up to $15 billion of bonds.
December 29 -
After a slow start, the Federal Reserve got its efforts to combat runaway inflation up to speed quickly, implementing tightening monetary policy at the fastest rate seen in decades. Here's a hike by hike breakdown.
December 28 -
While hope remains for certain muni priorities in 2023, others look highly unlikely to gain traction in an ideologically-split Congress.
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