A huge investment in technology dominates the MSRB's budget.

In the last decade Omid was involved in cyber security issues.

The deal enhances the data, analytics and execution services the firms provide for municipal bonds and other fixed income securities, they said.

Trades on alternative trading system platforms are smaller and more likely to involve securities with complex features, according to a new MSRB report.

Cyber criminals threaten the safety of patients and the financial health of hospitals. The life-and-death stakes underscore the importance of online security.

The ICE risQ social impact scores will let municipal bond investors compare which communities will be socially impacted the most by their investments.

The firm has brought on Kalotay Analytics' quantitative libraries to calculate certain metrics, including average life dates and cash-flow yields for taxable term bonds.

Experts explore the tangible and intangible costs of cyber breaches and potential risk mitigation strategies.

The pilot program aims to expand its all-to-all Open Trading marketplace by allowing investor clients to select a diversity dealer to intermediate in secondary trading.

Perform, a portfolio management platform for institutional investors who want to accesses the municipal bond market, will be integrated into ICE Bonds.

S&P’s Tiffany Tribbitt and Geoffrey Buswick talk with Chip Barnett about what municipalities can do to counter the growing threat of cyber attacks and what steps cities and states can take after an incident happens. (15 minutes)

Alan Rubin, principal, Blank Rome Government Relations

Rating agencies are pushing municipal issuers to build online security risks like ransomware attacks into mitigation strategies that include more transparency.

Joseph Krist, publisher of Muni Credit News, explores state budgets, federal aid, climate change and cybersecurity. Paul Burton hosts. (34 minutes)

Dozens of digital tools are billed as democratizing finance. But a number of entrepreneurs still see massive gaps.

The coalition wants the final budget signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to include his broadband proposal, not the Legislature's.

The transit agency's acknowledgment of an intrusion set off loud alarm bells about the rising threat of public-issuer system hacks.

BondLink and ICE said the deal will provide issuers with direct access to real-time market data as they come to market and throughout the lifecycle of a bond.

What are the most exciting trends in financial technology today, and which startups are poised to win?

Juliet Weissman of New York City's Cornell Tech campus discusses the role of higher education and partnerships in luring startups and their workforces.