Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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Sunita Lough won admiration from the public finance legal community.
September 2 -
On Tuesday, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board filed a proposal with the SEC to changing Rule G-3, which governs continuing education requirements.
September 1 -
Fitch said it expects the law will spur more public power borrowing for clean energy facilities.
August 30 -
The American Rescue Plan was passed without waiving the Pay As You Go Act, which could prevent municipalities from receiving payments on bonds already issued.
August 29 -
Climate science data that guides where and what to build will be key to effective use of new federal dollars.
August 26 -
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said the central bank will remain aggressive in fighting inflation despite promising economic data.
August 26 -
FINRA and MSRB actions are drawing broker-dealer firms to lobbying groups.
August 25 -
The Inflation Reduction Act's changes are significant enough that they will be featured in the banner at the top of the offering statement.
August 24 -
The University of Michigan is studying the use of XBRL technology for local government financial reports with the state Department of Treasury set to act next.
August 23 -
The Federal Reserve looks to be paying closer attention to a potential pinch-point that rankled dollar funding markets almost three years ago and could at some stage become a catalyst for ending early officials' plans to shrink the U.S. central bank's expanded balance sheet.
August 19 -
U.S. central bankers offered divergent signals over the size of the next interest rate hike, with St. Louis's James Bullard urging another 75-basis-point move while Kansas City's Esther George struck a more cautious tone.
August 18 -
The 15% corporate minimum tax may hurt the muni market the most during outflow cycles by cramping demand and leading to higher borrowing costs for states and cities.
August 17 -
Vern Breland is representing himself, and told a court he relied on his municipal advisor.
August 15 -
Democrats say the $740 billion legislation would mark the largest climate change mitigation investment in the country's history.
August 12 -
After thirty years at the Commission, Lori Price will begin as director for the Office of Credit Ratings Aug. 14
August 12 -
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren rebuked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for withholding information on trading by central bank officials during the pandemic and said an investigation into the matter by the Fed's inspector general was "troubling."
August 11 -
Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee are vowing to pursue legislation mandating more transparency from the Federal Reserve after learning the central bank had documents regarding former Fed nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin that the bank never divulged to Congress.
August 10 -
The SEC is opposing municipal advisor Brandon Comer's request for a summary judgment in a case, where the Commission alleged Comer breached his fiduciary duty.
August 9 -
New Jersey and Illinois have the lowest state bond ratings. But all three states have been ramping up pension contributions, according to S&P Global Ratings.
August 8 -
States and localities are in line for clean energy funding, some of which builds on grant programs in the bipartisan infrastructure law.
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