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"Bond by bond, project by project the muni market has helped to build the spaces and places where American life unfolds," SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said in a speech delivered at the MSRB's 50th Anniversary Celebration Tuesday evening.

"I've never seen this level of hand wringing at the issuer level," said Matt Boles, managing director at RBC Capital Markets.

Higher interest rates are keeping arbitrage on the playing field as issuers try to play by the rules and still come out ahead.

Prior to Dimensional's approval, only Vanguard held a patent to the ETF-as-a-share-class structure, but the patent expired in 2023.

Yakym praised the successful effort to preserve the tax exemption throughout One Big Beautiful Bill negotiations and encouraged market advocates to keep lobbying lawmakers.

"It shows the chairman's understanding of the practical realities of firms...," Peter Chan, a partner at Baker McKenzie said.

Its triple-A bonds have recovered after cheapening earlier this year under a pressure campaign from the Trump administration.

"Going forward, the staff will provide the other side with at least four weeks to make Wells submissions," SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said in a recent speech.

The attackers did not steal any data, but the firm had to rebuild its servers to get back into operation, said Albert Rodriguez, a manager at ImageMaster.

"The project is not dead," said the transportation planning board chair.