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Date:

June 3, 2025

Issues:

Statistics, Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance, Fixed Income Market Structure

US Municipal Bonds Statistics

SIFMA Research tracks issuance, trading, and outstanding data for the U.S. municipal bond market. Issuance data is broken out by…

Type:

Date:

April 11, 2025

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Potential Modernization of Municipal Fund Securities Disclosure Obligations

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) in response to the Concept Release regarding its Potential Modernization…

Type:

Date:

January 28, 2025

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Request for Information on the MSRB’s Rate Card Process

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) in response to the Request for Information regarding its Rate…

Type:

Date:

January 7, 2025

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Extension: Municipal Securities Disclosure (Exchange Act Rule 15c2–12)

SIFMA provided comments on the request for comment issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the existing…

Type:

Date:

August 21, 2024

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance, Fixed Income Market Structure, Asset Management

Proposed Rule Change Consisting of Amendments to MSRB Rule G-14 and to Amend FINRA Rule 6730 (SIFMA and SIFMA AMG)

SIFMA and SIFMA AMG provided comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and reiterated comments made in their…

Type:

Date:

August 5, 2024

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Request for Comment on Gathering and Display of Bank Dealer Associated Persons’ Registration and Qualification Information

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on their Request for Comment on Gathering and Display of…

Type:

Date:

May 17, 2024

Issues:

Securitization Committee, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Fixed Income Market Structure, Corporate Credit Committee

SEC Instituting Proceedings on FINRA and the MRSB’s Proposals to Shorten Trade Reporting Timelines in Fixed-Income Markets (SIFMA and SIFMA AMG)

SIFMA and SIFMA AMG provided further comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in light of the SEC’s instituting…

Type:

Date:

May 9, 2024

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Rule Change To Amend MSRB Rule G– 47, on Time of Trade Disclosure, To Codify and Retire Certain Existing Interpretive Guidance and New Time of Trade Disclosure Scenarios

SIFMA provided comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB) Notice of…

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Date:

February 26, 2024

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

Request for Information on Impacts of MSRB Rules on Small Firms

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on their Request for Information on Impacts of MSRB Rules…

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Date:

February 15, 2024

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Asset Management

SIFMA and SIFMA AMG Comment on One-Minute Trade Reporting Proposals

New York, NY, February 15, 2024 – In a comment letter filed with the SEC today, SIFMA and SIFMA AMG…

Type:

Date:

February 15, 2024

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance, Asset Management

Proposed Rule Change to Amend MSRB Rule G–14 and FINRA Rule 6730 (SIFMA and SIFMA AMG)

SIFMA and SIFMA AMG provided comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on SR-MSRB-2024-01 (the “MSRB Proposal”) filed…

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Date:

January 26, 2024

By:

Kyle Glazier

Issues:

Podcasts, Municipal Securities Committee

The Bond Buyer: The Year Ahead for the Broker-Dealer Community

In a recent episode of the Bond Buyer podcast, SIFMA's Leslie Norwood, Managing Director, and Associate General Counsel, Head of…

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Date:

January 18, 2024

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Rule Change To Amend MSRB Rule G–12 To Promote the Completion of Allocations, Confirmations, and Affirmations by the End of Trade Date

SIFMA provided comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB) filing. SIFMA…

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Date:

January 16, 2024

Issues:

Prudential Regulation, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations with Significant Trading Activity (Muni Joint Trades)

SIFMA, Government Finance Officers Association, National Association of Health and Educational Facilities Finance Authority, National Association of State Treasurers, American…

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Date:

January 2, 2024

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

Proposed Rule Change to Establish the 2024 Rate Card Fees for Dealers and Municipal Advisors Pursuant to MSRB Rules A–11 and A–13

SIFMA provided comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB) filing to…

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Date:

January 2, 2024

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

Proposed Rule Change to Establish the 2024 Rate Card Fees for Dealers and Municipal Advisors Pursuant to MSRB Rules A-11 and A-13 (Joint Trades)

SIFMA, American Securities Association (ASA), Bond Dealers of America (BDA), and National Association of Municipal Advisors (NAMA) provided comments to…

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Date:

December 15, 2023

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Request for Comment on Retrospective Rule Review of Rule G-12(c) on Inter-Dealer Confirmations and Related Interpretive Guidance

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on the MSRB’s retrospective review of Rule G-12(c).

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Date:

May 3, 2023

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Amendment to Rules G-12 and G-15 on Regular-Way Settlement

SIFMA provided comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's (MSRB) filing.

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Date:

April 17, 2023

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Request for Comment Regarding a Retrospective Review of the MSRB’s Time of Trade Disclosure Rule and Draft Amendments to MSRB Rule D-15, On Sophisticated Municipal Market Professionals

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board MSRB) on their Request for Comment Regarding a Retrospective Review of…

Type:

Date:

March 31, 2023

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Equity Market Structure

Proposed Regulation Best Execution

SIFMA provided comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the SEC’s Proposed Regulation Best Execution in the…

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Date:

March 28, 2023

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA Supports Reintroduction of Investing in Our Communities Act

Washington, D.C., March 28, 2023 – SIFMA today issued the following statement from president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.…

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Date:

March 28, 2023

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Asset Management

SIFMA and SIFMA AMG Raise Concerns Over SEC’s Proposed Securitization Rule

New York, NY, March 28, 2023 – In a comment letter filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in…

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Date:

March 27, 2023

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Prohibition Against Conflicts of Interest in Certain Securitizations (Joint Trades)

SIFMA, Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), National Association of State Treasurers (NAST), Bond Dealers of America (BDA), Education Finance Council…

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Date:

March 27, 2023

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Request for Public Comment Regarding Proposed Rule 192

SIFMA provided comment to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on proposed Rule 192 under the Securities Act of…

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Date:

March 27, 2023

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Asset Management

Request for Public Comment Regarding Proposed Rule 192 (SIFMA, SIFMA AMG and BPI)

SIFMA, SIFMA AMG and the Bank Policy Institute (BPI) provided comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on…

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Date:

March 7, 2023

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Rule Change to Create New MSRB Rule G-46, on Duties of Solicitor Municipal Advisors, and to Amend MSRB Rule G-8, on Books and Records

SIFMA provided comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB’s) Proposed Rule Change…

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Date:

March 7, 2023

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Rule Change Consisting of Amendments to MSRB Rule G-40, on Advertising by Municipal Advisors, and MSRB Rule G-8, on Books and Records

SIFMA provided comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB’s) Filing of a…

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Date:

January 30, 2023

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

Request for Comment on Draft Amendments to Create an Exemption for Municipal Advisor Representatives from Requalification by Examination

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on their Request for Comment on Draft Amendments to Create…

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Date:

January 27, 2023

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

Request for Comment on Draft Amendment to MSRB Rule G-32 to Streamline the Deadlines for Submitting the Information on Form G-32

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on their Request for Comment on Draft Amendment to MSRB…

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Date:

October 3, 2022

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance, Asset Management

MSRB Notice 2022-07 and FINRA Regulatory Notice 22-17 – Proposals to Shorten Fixed Income Trade Reporting Timeframes

SIFMA and SIFMA AMG provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on…

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Date:

September 2, 2022

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Notice 2022-06 – Amendments to Certain Fees for Dealers and Municipal Advisors and Proposing an Annual Rate Card Process

SIFMA provided comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB’s) Notice 2022-06…

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Date:

July 6, 2022

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

SIFMA, BDA and NAMA on MSRB Proposed Changes to its Fee Setting Process

SIFMA, BDA and NAMA provided comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the  Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's…

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Date:

July 6, 2022

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

MSRB Notice 2022-03 – Amendments to Certain Fees for Dealers and Municipal Advisors and Proposing an Annual Rate Card Process

SIFMA provided comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s Notice 2022-03  and…

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Date:

March 15, 2022

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Fair Dealing Solicitor Municipal Advisor Obligations and New Draft Rule G-46

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on their Notice (MSRB Notice 2021-18) on fair dealing solicitor…

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Date:

March 8, 2022

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB RFI on ESG Practices in the Municipal Securities Market

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on their Notice (MSRB Notice 2021-17) requesting public input on environmental,…

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Date:

January 19, 2022

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Draft Companion Compliance Resources for Dealers and Municipal Advisors

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) Notice 2021-12 requesting comment on draft companion compliance resources for…

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Date:

October 29, 2021

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

SIFMA Statement on Exclusion of Muni Bond Provisions from Reconciliation Bill

Washington, D.C., October 29, 2021 – SIFMA today issued the following statement from president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.:…

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Date:

September 10, 2021

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

Amendments to Rule G-10 Notification Requirement for Dealers

SIFMA provided comments to the  Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (“MSRB’s”) Filing of a…

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Date:

June 28, 2021

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Amendments to Rule G-10 Notification Requirement for Dealers

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on their Notice 2021-08, proposing an amendment to MSRB Rule…

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Date:

June 18, 2021

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

MSRB Notice 2021-07 – Fair Dealing Solicitor Municipal Advisor Obligations and New Draft Rule G-46

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on MSRB Notice 2021-07 requesting comment on fair dealing solicitor…

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Date:

June 2, 2021

Issues:

SEC Regulation Best Interest, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Application of Regulation Best Interest to Bank Dealers

SIFMA provided comments to the MSRB regarding Notice 2021-06 (the “Notice”), which proposes an amendment to MSRB Rule G-19 that…

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Date:

June 2, 2021

Issues:

SEC Regulation Best Interest, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Concerns with Amendments to MSRB Rules G-19 and G-48

SIFMA provided comments to the MSRB to address an issue regarding recent amendments to Rules G-19 and G-48 with the…

Type:

Date:

May 28, 2021

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance, Government Relations & Communications

SIFMA Statement on Municipal Bond Provisions in the FY 2022 Budget

Washington, D.C., May 28, 2021 – SIFMA today issued the following statement from president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.…

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Date:

May 18, 2021

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance, Government Relations & Communications

SIFMA Submits Testimony on Funding America’s Infrastructure

Washington, D.C., May 18, 2021 – SIFMA today submitted testimony for the record of the Senate Finance Committee hearing “Funding…

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Date:

May 14, 2021

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Amendments to the Margin Rule Regarding When Issued and Other Extended Settlement Transactions

SIFMA provided comments to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) on proposed amendments to the margin rule regarding when…

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Date:

April 27, 2021

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Joint Trades Letter in Support of the LOCAL & AIBS Acts

SIFMA and joint trades provided comments to Leaders Schumer and McConnell in support of S. 479, the “Lifting Our Communities…

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Date:

April 22, 2021

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance, Government Relations & Communications

SIFMA Statement on Reintroduction of the American Infrastructure Bonds Act

Washington, D.C., April 22, 2021 – SIFMA today released the following statement from president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.…

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Date:

April 16, 2021

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance, Government Relations & Communications

SIFMA Welcomes Introduction of the LIFT Act

Washington, D.C., April 16, 2021 – SIFMA today issued the following statement from president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.…

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Date:

March 29, 2021

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA Statement on the Investing in Our Communities Act  

Washington, D.C., March 29, 2021 – SIFMA today issued the following statement from president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.…

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Date:

March 11, 2021

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

Tax Tools to Help Local Governments

Submission for the Record by SIFMA before the House Ways & Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee in the hearing: “Tax…

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Date:

March 1, 2021

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance, Fixed Income Market Structure

Amendments to Regulation ATS

SIFMA provided comments to the SEC on the Regulation ATS for ATSs that Trade U.S. Government Securities, NMS Stock and…

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Date:

February 25, 2021

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance, Government Relations & Communications

SIFMA Welcomes Introduction of the LOCAL Infrastructure Act

Washington, D.C., February 25, 2021 – SIFMA today issued the following statement from president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.…

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Date:

February 11, 2021

Issues:

Podcasts, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance, Capital Markets

Bond Buyer Podcast: SIFMA’s Bentsen and Norwood on SIFMA’s 2021 Municipal Priorities

Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA president and chief executive officer, and Leslie Norwood, managing director, associate general counsel and head…

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Date:

February 2, 2021

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

SIFMA Issues New MSRB Rule G-17 Model Risk Disclosure Documents for Additional Products

New York, NY, February 2, 2021 – SIFMA today announced it has made new additions to its set of G-17…

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Date:

February 1, 2021

By:

Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.

Issues:

Pennsylvania + Wall, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

SIFMA Muni Month: Advocating for Change to Fund Our Nation’s Infrastructure

SIFMA has designated this February SIFMA Muni Month, during which we plan to meet with members of Congress and work…

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Date:

January 13, 2021

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA Issues Updated MSRB Rule G-17 Model Risk Disclosure Documents

New York, NY, January 13, 2021 – SIFMA today announced updates to its set of G-17 Model Risk Disclosure Documents…

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Date:

January 11, 2021

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Market Practices and Model Documentation, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

Municipal Securities Markets Documents

Follow the links below to view the model documents and other resources in SIFMA’s Municipal Securities Markets Standard Forms and…

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Date:

January 11, 2021

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Input on Strategic Goals and Priorities

SIFMA provided comments to the MSRB regarding their request for input on its strategic goals and priorities. SIFMA welcomes this…

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Date:

December 22, 2020

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

SIFMA Expects Long Term Municipal Issuance to Reach $452 Billion in 2021

New York, NY, December 22, 2020 – SIFMA today released the results its 2021 Municipal Issuance Survey. Respondents expect total…

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Date:

December 22, 2020

Issues:

Surveys, Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal

US Municipal Issuance Survey 2021

Respondents to the 2021 SIFMA Municipal Issuance Survey expect total long-term municipal issuance to reach $452.0 billion in 2021, a…

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Date:

August 14, 2020

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Amicus & Litigation Advisory Committee

SIFMA Files Suit Seeking to Vacate SEC’s Temporary Conditional Exemption for Municipal Advisors

Washington, D.C., August 14, 2020 – SIFMA today filed a suit seeking to vacate the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Order…

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Date:

July 17, 2020

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

Joint Support of LOCAL Infrastructure Act

SIFMA and joint trades provided comments to the Honorable Mitch McConnell and the the Honorable Charles Schumer in strong support…

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Date:

July 8, 2020

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

SIFMA Statement on American Infrastructure Bonds Act

Washington, D.C., July 8, 2020 – SIFMA today issued the following statement from SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen,…

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Date:

July 1, 2020

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

SIFMA Statement on LOCAL Infrastructure Act

Washington, D.C., July 1, 2020 – SIFMA today issued the following statement from SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen,…

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Date:

June 30, 2020

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

H.R. 2 the Moving Forward Act

SIFMA provided comments to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Pelosi and House Minority Leader McCarthy in strong support of H.R.…

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Date:

May 13, 2020

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA Updates MSRB Rule G-17 Model Disclosure Documents

New York, N.Y., May 13, 2020 — SIFMA today announced updates to its set of G-17 model disclosure documents and…

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Date:

April 29, 2020

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Request for Comment on Potential Changes to Board Governance Rule A-3

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB) on proposed amendments to MSRB Rule A-3 governing membership on…

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Date:

March 20, 2020

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

SIFMA Statement on the Municipal Bonds Emergency Relief Act

Washington, D.C., March 20, 2020 – SIFMA today issued the following statement from President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.…

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Date:

January 31, 2020

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Follow Up Letter to SEC in Response to Proposed Exemptive Order

SIFMA provided comments to the SEC on December 9, 2019 in response to the Proposed Exemptive Order. Subsequent to such…

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Date:

January 29, 2020

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

Paving the Way for Funding and Financing Infrastructure Investments

SIFMA submitted testimony to the House Committee on Ways and Means in the Hearing entitled “Paving the Way for Funding…

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Date:

January 9, 2020

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

FIMSAC Recommendations on ’40 Act Limitations

SIFMA provided comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt the two recommendations of the Municipal Securities Transparency Subcommittee…

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Date:

December 9, 2019

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Exemptive Order Related to Muni Advisors

SIFMA provided comments in response to the SEC's Proposed Exemptive Order. The Proposed Exemptive Order would allow a registered municipal advisor,…

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Date:

October 29, 2019

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Rule Change to Amend & Restate MSRB Rule G-17

SIFMA provided comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Amendment No. 1 to Proposed Rule Change to Amend and…

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Date:

September 19, 2019

Issues:

Podcasts, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance, Capital Markets

Bond Buyer Podcast: SIFMA’s Bentsen and Norwood on SIFMA’s Muni Priorities, Policy and Regulations

Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA president and chief executive officer, and Leslie Norwood, managing director, associate general counsel and head…

Type:

Date:

August 30, 2019

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Proposed Rule Change to Amend and Restate the Application of Rule G-17

SIFMA provided input to the Securities and Exchange Commission on the Proposed Rule Change to Amend and Restate the Municipal…

Type:

Date:

August 21, 2019

By:

Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.

Issues:

Pennsylvania + Wall, Municipal Securities Committee

The View from Washington: A Conversation with the MSRB

In this episode of “The View from Washington,” Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) President and chief executive officer Lynnette Kelly…

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Date:

August 19, 2019

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Request for Comment on MSRB Rule G-23 on Activities of Dealers Acting as Financial Advisors

SIFMA sent comments to the MSRB on Rule G-23 on Activities of Dealers Acting as Financial Advisors. In connection with…

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Date:

May 28, 2019

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Rule G-34 Obligation of Municipal Advisors to Apply for CUSIP Numbers When Advising on Competitive Sales

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) regarding MSRB Notice 2019-08: Request for Comment on MSRB Rule…

Type:

Date:

May 17, 2019

By:

Leslie Norwood

Issues:

Pennsylvania + Wall, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

The Bond Buyer: How do we close the infrastructure gap? Restoring advance refunding is a start

The following Op-Ed was originally published in The Bond Buyer on May 17, 2019. America faces an extraordinary infrastructure deficit.…

Type:

Date:

May 3, 2019

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Collection of Data Elements Provided in Electronic Format to the EMMA Dataport System in Connection With Primary Offerings

SIFMA provides comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's Notice of Filing…

Type:

Date:

March 6, 2019

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Interpretive Guidance on Application of MSRB Rules

SIFMA responded to MSRB Notice 2019-01 in which the MSRB is requesting comment on draft interpretive guidance on application of…

Type:

Date:

March 1, 2019

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Reissuance for State and Local Bonds

SIFMA provides comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in response to request for comment on proposed regulations that address…

Type:

Date:

January 15, 2019

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

2012 Interpretive Notice Concerning the Application of MSRB Rule G-17 to Underwriters of Municipal Securities

SIFMA sent comments to the MSRB responding to Notice 2018-29 in which the MSRB seeks comment on draft amendments to…

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Date:

November 27, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Information on the Accessibility, Methodology and Utility of Indices, Yield Curves and Other Benchmarks

SIFMA sent comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on MSRB Notice 2018-20, “Request for Information on the Accessibility, Methodology…

Type:

Date:

November 14, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Draft Interpretive Guidance on Pennying and Draft Amendments to Existing Guidance on Best Execution

SIFMA responded with comments to Notice 2018-22 issued by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board in which the MSRB requested comment…

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Date:

October 17, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Interaction between the Volcker Rule and Municipal Tender Option Bonds (TOBs)

SIFMA provides comments to the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation…

Type:

Date:

October 17, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Content Standards to Advertisements by Municipal Advisors under MSRB Rule G-40

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on the application of the content standards under MSRB Rule G-40…

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Date:

September 28, 2018

Issues:

Prudential Regulation, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Liquidity Coverage Ratio – Treatment of Certain Municipal Obligations as High-Quality Liquid Assets

SIFMA provided comments to the Federal Reserve, the OCC and the FDIC on their interim final rule providing Level 2B…

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Date:

September 26, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Market Practices and Model Documentation

SIFMA Model Memorandum to Underwriter’s Counsel

SIFMA Model Memorandum to Underwriter’s Counsel for New Issues of Municipal Securities

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Date:

September 17, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Amendments to Primary Offering Rules

SIFMA provided comments to the MSRB on several potential amendments to MSRB Rule G-11 regarding syndicate practices, including requiring senior…

Type:

Date:

September 14, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Draft FAQs on Use of Social Media in Advertising

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on regulated entities and other stakeholders about draft answers to frequently…

Type:

Date:

August 6, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Retrospective Review of 2012 Interpretive Notice Concerning the Application of MSRB Rule G-17 to Underwriters of Municipal Securities

SIFMA provided comments to the MSRB on existing interpretive guidance that addresses the application of the MSRB’s fair-dealing rule to underwriters…

Type:

Date:

July 26, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Draft FAQ on Use of Municipal Advisory Client Lists and Case Studies

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on draft guidance to support understanding of the application of…

Type:

Date:

July 17, 2018

Issues:

Prudential Regulation, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Treatment of Municipal Securities under the Liquidity Coverage Ratio Rules

SIFMA, together with the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), National Association of State Treasurers, sent a letter to the Federal…

Type:

Date:

July 16, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Request for Comment on Draft MSRB Rule G-36, on Discretionary Transactions in Customer Accounts, and Related Draft Amendments

  SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) in response to MSRB Notice 2018-09; request for comment on…

Type:

Date:

July 16, 2018

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA To Offer Municipal MAAU Signature Page Storage Service

New York, NY, July 16, 2018 – SIFMA’s Municipal Securities Division announced today it will implement a new structure for…

Type:

Date:

June 13, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Select Enhancements to Protect Retail Investors in Municipal and Corporate Bonds

SIFMA provided comments to the SEC on recommendations of the Market Structure Subcommittee of the SEC Investor Advisory Committee on…

Type:

Date:

May 17, 2018

By:

Michael Decker

Issues:

Pennsylvania + Wall, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

The Bond Buyer Op-Ed: Rightsizing the Regulation of Infrastructure Debt

The following Op-Ed was originally published in The Bond Buyer on May 17, 2018. Congress appears poised to pass financial…

Type:

Date:

April 16, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Draft FAQs Regarding Rule G-42 and the Making of Recommendations

The MSRB recently announced it is seeking public comment on its on a draft compliance resource about core requirements for…

Type:

Date:

February 28, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Amendments to Rule G-21 and New Rule G-40

SIFMA provided comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on proposed new rule, MSRB Rule G-40, on advertising by…

Type:

Date:

January 23, 2018

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Request for Comment on Compliance Support

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) in response to request for public comment on its approach…

Type:

Date:

December 1, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Amended MSRB Rule G-34, on CUSIP Numbers, New Issue, and Market Information

SIFMA provided comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on MSRB Rule G-34, on CUSIP Numbers, New Issue, and Market…

Type:

Date:

November 15, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Concept Release on Primary Offering Practices

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a recently released concept proposal to solicit input from market…

Type:

Date:

October 25, 2017

By:

By Michael Decker

Issues:

Pennsylvania + Wall, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

Getting Shovel-Ready: Opportunities for Infrastructure Finance

Leading a panel on The $1 Trillion Question at SIFMA’s Capital Markets Conference in Washington D.C, Chris Hamel, Head of…

Type:

Date:

October 10, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Rule G- 34(a)(i) on the Use of CUSIPs

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the recently proposed amendments to MSRB Rule G-34, on…

Type:

Date:

September 21, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Form G-45 under Rule G-45, on Reporting of Information on Municipal Fund Securities; regarding 529 college savings plans and ABLE Programs

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB) in response to the Request for Comment on Draft Amendments…

Type:

Date:

August 25, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed New MSRB Fee for Dealers Underwriting 529 Plans

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB) rule filing SR-MSRB-2017-05, which…

Type:

Date:

August 10, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, Second Quarter 2017

The municipal bond credit report is a quarterly report on the trends and statistics of U.S. municipal bond market, both…

Type:

Date:

August 7, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Identifying Tax Regulatory Burdens Under Executive Order 13789

SIFMA's Municipal Securities Division provides comments to the Internal Revenue Service(IRS) on IRS Notice 2017-38, “Implementation of Executive Order 13789…

Type:

Date:

July 5, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Rule Change to Amend MSRB Rule G-26, on Customer Account Transfers

SIFMA provided comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's (MSRB) proposed rule filing…

Type:

Date:

July 3, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Update, June 2017

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal ARS, FRN, and VRDO market ending June 2017. In…

Type:

Date:

June 30, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Second Request Draft Amendments to and Clarifications of MSRB Rule G-34

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) second request for comment on draft amendments to and clarifications…

Type:

Date:

June 2, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Capital Markets

Municipal Securities Committee

Type:

Date:

May 17, 2017

Issues:

Pennsylvania + Wall, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

America’s Infrastructure: The Time to Build is Now

The case for making infrastructure a priority and the issues that may affect our ability to fix it. By Michael Decker A…

Type:

Date:

May 17, 2017

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA Municipal Division Recognized by National Federation of Municipal Analysts

SIFMA Municipal Division Recognized by National Federation of Municipal Analysts Washington, D.C., May 17, 2017 – SIFMA today received an…

Type:

Date:

May 15, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Amendments to Rule 15c2-12

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed rule amendments Rule 15c2-12 with the goal of improving investor protection and enhancing…

Type:

Date:

May 4, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, First Quarter 2017

Long-term public municipal issuance volume totaled $86.5 billion in the first quarter of 2017, according to Thomson Reuters, a decline…

Type:

Date:

May 1, 2017

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA Finalizes Muni Issue Price Model Documents

Release Date: May 1, 2017 Contact: Katrina Cavalli, 212.313.1181, [email protected] SIFMA Finalizes Muni Issue Price Model Documents New York, NY,…

Type:

Date:

March 31, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Draft Amendments to and Clarifications of MSRB Rule G-34

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on Rule G-34. The draft amendments to MSRB Rule G-34…

Type:

Date:

March 30, 2017

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA Statement on Senate Passage of CRA Resolution on Municipal Retirement Plans

SIFMA Statement on Senate Passage of CRA Resolution on Municipal Retirement Plans Washington, DC, March 30, 2017 – SIFMA today…

Type:

Date:

March 24, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Rule G-21 on Advertising

SIFMA and its members appreciate the MSRB’s efforts to update MSRB Rule G-21. We agree with the principles in the…

Type:

Date:

March 9, 2017

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

SIFMA Statement on ASCE 2017 Infrastructure Report Card

Washington, DC, March 9, 2017 – SIFMA today issued the following statement from Michael Decker, managing director and co-head of…

Type:

Date:

March 2, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Amendments to the Minimum Denomination Rule

SIFMA provided comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on amendments the to minimum denomination rule. The Municipal Securities…

Type:

Date:

February 17, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Draft Amendments to Modernize MSRB Rule G-26 on ACATS

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on draft amendments to MSRB Rule G-26, on customer account…

Type:

Date:

February 8, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Issuance Survey 2017

Respondents to the 2017 SIFMA Municipal Issuance Survey expect total long-term municipal issuance to reach $417.5.0 billion in 2017, down…

Type:

Date:

February 6, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016

Long-term public municipal issuance volume totaled $100.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to Thomson Reuters, a decline…

Type:

Date:

January 23, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Recommendations to Improve the EMMA Platform

SIFMA in a joint letter with other organizations provide comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board(MSRB) to offer suggestions that,…

Type:

Date:

January 3, 2017

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Update, December 2016

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal ARS, FRN, and VRDO market ending December 2016. In…

Type:

Date:

November 17, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Impact on Municipal Securities from Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s FRTB

The SIFMA Municipal Securities Division provides comments to Janet Yellen, Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on…

Type:

Date:

November 11, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Regulatory Notice 2016-25 and Strategic Priorities

SIFMA provides comments the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MRSB) on their Regulatory Notice 2016-25. This letter outlines initiatives and issue…

Type:

Date:

November 10, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, Third Quarter 2016

Long-term public municipal issuance volume totaled $108.4 billion in the third quarter of 2016 according to Thomson Reuters, a decline…

Type:

Date:

October 3, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Rule Change to MSRB Rules G-15 and G-30 to Require Disclosure of Mark-Ups and Mark-Downs to Retail Customers

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in response to Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) Filing with…

Type:

Date:

September 9, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Amended SR-FINRA-2016-032 Markup Disclosure

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a proposal which would amend FINRA Rule 2232 to…

Type:

Date:

August 11, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, Second Quarter 2016

Long-term public municipal issuance volume totaled $119.0 billion in the second quarter of 2016 according to Thomson Reuters, an increase…

Type:

Date:

August 9, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Amending Issuer CDAs

SIFMA and other associations provided comment to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on amending issuer continuing disclosure agreements…

Type:

Date:

July 28, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

FINRA and MSRB Proposed Rules

SIFMA submitted comment to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) Rule Filing SR-FINRA-2016-024…

Type:

Date:

July 1, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Update, June 2016

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal ARS, FRN, and VRDO market ending June 2016. In…

Type:

Date:

June 22, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Rule Changes to MSRB Rule G-12 on Close-out Procedures for Failed Municipal Securities Transactions

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in response to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) proposal…

Type:

Date:

June 15, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

State Disclosure Review Highlights

SIFMA has conducted a thorough, 50-state review of laws and regulations that govern local government disclosure, issuance and audit practices…

Type:

Date:

June 15, 2016

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA Believes States Best Positioned to Improve Muni Disclosure

Release Date: June 15, 2016 Contact: Katrina Cavalli, 212.313.1181, [email protected] SIFMA Believes States Best Positioned to Improve Muni Disclosure New…

Type:

Date:

June 10, 2016

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA Urges SEC to Amend Muni Disclosure Rule & Issue Additional Guidance

Release Date: June 10, 2016 Contact: Katrina Cavalli, 212.313.1181, [email protected]   SIFMA Urges SEC to Amend Muni Disclosure Rule & Issue…

Type:

Date:

June 9, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Critical Updates to SEC Rule 15c2-12

SIFMA provided comments to Chair Mary Jo White of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), requesting an amendment to…

Type:

Date:

June 7, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, General, Economics

Capital Markets in the U.S.

The database includes several downloadable data points for each state, including: Issuance for municipal, corporate and equity markets Top issuers…

Type:

Date:

May 27, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Notice 2016-11

SIFMA provides comment to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a Concept Proposal to Improve Disclosure of Direct Purchases…

Type:

Date:

May 25, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Clarifying Exceptions to Minimum Denomination Rule

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) regarding draft amendments to MSRB Rule G-15(f) on minimum denominations.…

Type:

Date:

May 23, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Regulations Defining Political Subdivisions

SIFMA provides comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on proposed regulations defining political subdivisions. The Proposed Regulations provide guidance…

Type:

Date:

May 21, 2016

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA Develops Model Documents for Compliance with New MSRB Rule G-42

Release Date: May 21, 2016 Contact: Katrina Cavalli, 212.313.1181, [email protected] SIFMA Develops Model Documents for Compliance with New MSRB Rule…

Type:

Date:

May 18, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, First Quarter 2016

Long-term public municipal issuance volume totaled $96.5 billion in the first quarter of 2016 according to Thomso Reuters, an increase…

Type:

Date:

May 9, 2016

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

SIFMA Joins Infrastructure Week 2016

Infrastructure Week – May 16th-23rd, 2016 – is a week-long series of events raising awareness about how #InfrastructureMatters to our…

Type:

Date:

April 19, 2016

By:

Michael Decker

Issues:

Pennsylvania + Wall, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

Financing Infrastructure: Why Public-Private Partnerships Matter

After decades of underinvestment, we face an extreme infrastructure deficit in the United States. In order to bring our infrastructure…

Type:

Date:

April 12, 2016

Issues:

White Papers, Municipal Securities Committee

Rule 15c2-12 and Potential Updates to the Rule

SIFMA submitted a whitepaper to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on SEC Rule 15c2-12 Whitepaper to offer a current…

Type:

Date:

April 12, 2016

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA Releases White Paper Recommending Improvements to Disclosure in the Municipal Securities Market

Release Date: April 12, 2016 Contact: Katrina Cavalli, 212.313.1181, [email protected]   SIFMA Releases White Paper Recommending Improvements to Disclosure in the…

Type:

Date:

April 8, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Rules G-12 and G-15

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on on MSRB Rules. Draft changes to MSRB Rules G-12,…

Type:

Date:

April 8, 2016

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee

Leslie M. Norwood on HB 1295(1), Texas

Testimony of Leslie M. Norwood, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Municipal Securities Division at the Hearing on: HB 1295…

Type:

Date:

March 31, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Regulatory Notice 2016-07 on Draft Interpretive Guidance on Prevailing Market Price

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on Regulatory Notice 2016-07, in which the MSRB requests comment…

Type:

Date:

March 21, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

HB 1295: A New Disclosure Reporting Process

SIFMA provides comments to the Texas Ethics Commission on HB 1295, a new law that became effective on January 1,…

Type:

Date:

March 21, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Supporting FINRA Rule 0151

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on FINRA Rule 0151. SIFMA supports the adoption of Rule…

Type:

Date:

March 6, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Rule G-12 on Close-Out Procedures

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on MSRB Rule G-12 on Close-Out Procedures. SIFMA supports rulemaking…

Type:

Date:

February 25, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Proposed Changes to Rule A-3 on the Size and Composition of the MSRB Board

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expressing support of changes the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB)…

Type:

Date:

February 18, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015

Long-term public municipal issuance volume totaled $76.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2015 according to Thomson Reuters, a decline…

Type:

Date:

February 17, 2016

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA Releases Electronic Bond Trading Platform Report For U.S. Corporate and Municipal Securities

Release Date: February 17, 2016 Contact: Katrina Cavalli, 212.313.1181, [email protected] SIFMA Releases Electronic Bond Trading Platform Report For U.S. Corporate…

Type:

Date:

February 1, 2016

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee

Statement on HB 1295, Texas

Testimony of Leslie Norwood, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, SIFMA before of the Texas Ethics Commission on HB 1295.…

Type:

Date:

January 27, 2016

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Update, December 2015

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal ARS, FRN, and VRDO market ending December 2015. In…

Type:

Date:

December 21, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Issuance Survey 2016

Respondents to the 2016 SIFMA Municipal Issuance Survey expect total municipal issuance, both short- and long-term, to reach $431.5 billion…

Type:

Date:

December 11, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

FINRA Regulatory Notice 15-36 and MSRB Regulatory Notice 2015-16

SIFMA provides comments to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA’s) Regulatory Notice 15-36 and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB’s)…

Type:

Date:

December 10, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Draft Rule Amendments to Facilitate Shortening the Settlement Cycle

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on changes to MSRB rules to facilitate shortening the securities…

Type:

Date:

December 1, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Rule G-42

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on amendment #2 to its proposed changes to MSRB Rule…

Type:

Date:

November 19, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Regulatory Notice 2015-18 regarding Amendments

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on their Notice 2015-18, "Request for Comment on Draft Amendments…

Type:

Date:

November 16, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, Third Quarter 2015

Long-term public municipal issuance volume totaled $86.0 billion in the third quarter of 2015 according to Thomson Reuters, a decline…

Type:

Date:

November 4, 2015

By:

Governor Asa Hutchinson

Issues:

Pennsylvania + Wall, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

Q&A: Governor Hutchinson’s Infrastructure, Education, and Military Initiatives

By Governor Asa Hutchinson  SIFMA’s 2015 Annual Meeting The Capital Markets Conference Speaker Perspective with Governor Asa Hutchinson 46th Governor of Arkansas…

Type:

Date:

October 14, 2015

Issues:

OTC Derivatives, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Delay Effective Date of Best Execution Rule Proposal and Changes to SMMP

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) approval of the MSRB’s filing for a revised effective date…

Type:

Date:

October 13, 2015

Issues:

OTC Derivatives, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Rule G-20

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB) proposed amendments to…

Type:

Date:

September 23, 2015

Issues:

Swap Dealer Committee, OTC Derivatives, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Security-Based Swap CCO/Supervision Standards

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the internal business conduct standards for security-based swap dealers…

Type:

Date:

September 17, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Re-proposed Issue Price Rules

SIFMA provided comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and their recently re-proposed rules related to establishing the issue price…

Type:

Date:

September 17, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Increased MSRB Technology Fee

SIFMA provides comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB) adjustment of…

Type:

Date:

September 11, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB’s Proposed Rule G-42

SIFMA provided comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's (MSRB) proposed Rule G-42…

Type:

Date:

September 11, 2015

Issues:

The Individual Investor, SEC Regulation Best Interest, Private Client & Wealth Management, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Academic Data Proposals

SIFMA provided comments to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on their academic data…

Type:

Date:

July 29, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, Second Quarter 2015

Long-term public municipal issuance volume totaled $110.4 billion in the second quarter of 2015 according to Thomson Reuters, an increase…

Type:

Date:

July 24, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Equity Markets and Trading Committee, Equity Market Structure

Liquidity Coverage Ratio Rule

SIFMA provides comments to the Federal Reserve System on their proposed change to the Liquidity Coverage Ratio Rule to provide…

Type:

Date:

July 13, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Rule A-3

SIFMA provides comments to MSRB on MSRB Notice 2015-08 on draft amendments and other issues related to MSRB Rule A-3…

Type:

Date:

July 10, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Implementation of MSRB Rule G-45

SIFMA, College Savings Foundation (CSF), College Savings Plans Network (CSPN), Investment Company Institute (ICI) and Strategic Insights provide comments to…

Type:

Date:

July 1, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Update, June 2015

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal ARS, FRN, and VRDO market ending June 2015. In…

Type:

Date:

June 9, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Series 50 Examination

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the MSRB Series 50 Examination, File No. SR-MSRB-2015-04. See…

Type:

Date:

May 29, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Proposed Rule G-42

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Proposed Changes to MSRB Rule G-42, on Duties…

Type:

Date:

May 12, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, First Quarter 2015

Long-term public municipal issuance volume totaled $103.8 billion in the first quarter of 2015 according to Thomson Reuters, an increase…

Type:

Date:

April 17, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Rule G-14 RTRS Procedures

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) Proposed Changes to…

Type:

Date:

March 27, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Revised SEC Rule 15c2-12

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the revised request for comment issued by the SEC…

Type:

Date:

March 12, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Placement Agent Activities of Municipal Advisors

SIFMA provides its views in response to the letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from the National…

Type:

Date:

February 4, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014

Long-term public municipal issuance volume totaled $99.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014 according to Thomson Reuters, an increase…

Type:

Date:

January 20, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Matched Trade Proposals

SIFMA provides comments to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) in regards to the FINRA Regulatory…

Type:

Date:

January 17, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Rule 15c2-12, Municipal Securities Disclosure under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

SIFMA provided comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in response to the SEC's request for comment on the…

Type:

Date:

January 15, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Update, December 2014

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal ARS, FRN, and VRDO market ending December 2014. In…

Type:

Date:

January 9, 2015

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Delay in the Compliance Date for Rule G-45

SIFMA and four other organizations wrote a joint letter to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) recommending MSRB give serious…

Type:

Date:

December 26, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Request for Comment on Establishing Professional Qualification Requirements for Municipal Advisors

SIFMA provided comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) recently filed proposal…

Type:

Date:

December 18, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Amicus Briefs, Amicus & Litigation Advisory Committee

Jefferson County, AL v. Andrew Bennett

SIFMA has submitted an Amicus "Friend of the Court" Brief. Court: U.S. Court of Appeals (Eleventh Circuit) (petition for permissive…

Type:

Date:

December 8, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Rule G-20 relating to Gifts, Gratuities and Non-cash Compensation

SIFMA submitted comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) in response to MSRB's request for comments on draft amendments…

Type:

Date:

December 4, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Issuance Survey 2015

Respondents to the 2015 SIFMA Municipal Issuance Survey expect total municipal issuance, both short- and long-term, to reach $357.5 billion…

Type:

Date:

November 6, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, Third Quarter 2014

Long-term public municipal issuance volume totaled $71.8 billion in the third quarter of 2014 according to Thomson Reuters, a decline…

Type:

Date:

October 23, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Request for Input on Strategic Priorities

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) in response to MSRB's request for input on its strategic…

Type:

Date:

October 10, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Basel III LCR Rule

SIFMA submitted supplemental comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal…

Type:

Date:

September 30, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Draft Amendments to MSRB Rule G-37

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on Regulatory Notice 2014-15, containing draft amendments to MSRB Rule…

Type:

Date:

September 29, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Best Execution Rule Proposal and Changes to SMMP

SIFMA submitted comments on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB) filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on notice…

Type:

Date:

September 25, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Seeking Input on Potential Enhancements

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), in which the MSRB requested comment on enhancements to the…

Type:

Date:

August 25, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Revised Draft Proposal for MSRB Rule G-42 Regarding Duties of Non-Solicitor Municipal Advisors

SIFMA provided comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) regarding a revised draft proposal for MSRB Rule G-42 (Re-Proposed…

Type:

Date:

August 21, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Proposed New Rule G-44, Draft Amendments to MSRB Rules G-8 and G-9

SIFMA provided comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's (MSRB) proposed rule on…

Type:

Date:

August 18, 2014

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA Announces Changes to the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index

SIFMA Announces Changes to the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index New York, NY, August 18, 2014 - SIFMA today announced it has…

Type:

Date:

August 13, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB’s Proposed Changes to Continuing Education Requirements

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) filing with the…

Type:

Date:

August 4, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, Second Quarter 2014

Long-term public municipal issuance volume totaled $83.4 billion in the second quarter of 2014 according to Thomson Reuters, an increase…

Type:

Date:

July 25, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Structure of MCDC

SIFMA, the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), the National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL), and the Bond Dealers of America (BDA)…

Type:

Date:

July 15, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Proposed Amendments to Rule G-3, Rule G-7, and Rule G-27

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB) filing of proposed…

Type:

Date:

July 3, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Credit Risk Retention

SIFMA and sponsors of tender option bond (TOB) provide additional comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC),…

Type:

Date:

June 30, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Update, June 2014

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal VRDO market for the period  from July 2009 to…

Type:

Date:

June 13, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Asset Management

Tax-Exempt Bond Joint Venture Structure under the Volcker Rule

SIFMA letter advising the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office…

Type:

Date:

May 21, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

New MSRB Rule A-11 Establishing Fees for Municipal Advisor Professionals

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on SR-MSRB-2014-03, Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule…

Type:

Date:

May 16, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Proposal on Establishing Professional Qualification Requirements for Municipal Advisors

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on Regulatory Notice 2014-08 which contains a draft proposal for…

Type:

Date:

May 12, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Amicus Briefs, Amicus & Litigation Advisory Committee

In re City of Detroit

SIFMA submitted an Amicus "Friend of the Court" Brief Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Michigan) Amicus Issues: Whether the City…

Type:

Date:

April 25, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Supervisory & Compliance Obligations of Municipal Advisors

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on MSRB's Request for Comment on Draft MSRB Rule G-44,…

Type:

Date:

April 16, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, First Quarter 2014

Long-term public municipal issuance volume totaled $60.4 billion in the first quarter of 2014 according to Thomson Reuters, a decline…

Type:

Date:

March 13, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB’s Draft Best Execution Rule

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on the MSRB's draft Best Execution Rule, including exception for…

Type:

Date:

March 12, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Single General Rule for Prices and Remuneration

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on proposed rule changes consisting of proposed changes to Municipal…

Type:

Date:

March 10, 2014

Issues:

SEC Regulation Best Interest, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Draft SEC Strategic Plan for FY2014-FY2018

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the SEC's draft Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2014-2018. SIFMA…

Type:

Date:

March 10, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Duties of Non-Solicitor Municipal Advisors

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a draft proposal for MSRB Rule G-42 (Proposed Rule…

Type:

Date:

February 26, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Government Relations & Communications

Opposing Lending Tax

SIFMA and other associations provide comments to the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Republican Leadership opposing a…

Type:

Date:

February 19, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013

Long-term municipal issuance volume, including taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $73.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013 according to…

Type:

Date:

January 31, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Liquidity Coverage Ratios Relating to Munis

SIFMA provides comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal…

Type:

Date:

January 13, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Rule G-3

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on three proposed rule changes to MSRB Rule G-3 (MSRB…

Type:

Date:

January 10, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO and FRN Update, December 2013

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal VRDO market for the period  from July 2009 to…

Type:

Date:

January 9, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Requesting a Delay of Enforcement for the Municipal Advisor’s Rule

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requesting time-limited relief from enforcement of the portions of the…

Type:

Date:

January 2, 2014

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Asset Management

Requesting an Extension of the SEC’s Municipal Advisor Rule for SEC-Registered Investment Advisers

The Asset Management Group of SIFMA (SIFMA AMG) and the Investment Adviser Association (IAA) provide comments to the Securities and…

Type:

Date:

December 20, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal ARS Update, November 2013

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal ARS market for the period from January 2001 to…

Type:

Date:

December 16, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Definition of Issue Price of Tax Exempt Bonds

SIFMA provides comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on proposed U.S. Treasury regulations relating to the definition of “issue price”…

Type:

Date:

December 11, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Issuance Survey 2014

Respondents to the 2014 SIFMA Municipal Issuance Survey expect total municipal issuance, both short- and long-term, to reach $349.5 billion…

Type:

Date:

November 19, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2013 Q3

Long-term municipal issuance volume, including taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $68.0 billion in the third quarter of 2013 according to…

Type:

Date:

November 12, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Time of Trade Disclosure, Suitability, & Sophisticated Municipal Market Professionals

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on proposed rule change consisting of proposed MSRB Rule G-47,…

Type:

Date:

November 1, 2013

Issues:

White Papers, Municipal Securities Committee

The Role of Municipal Securities Brokers Brokers in the Municipal Markets

Municipal securities are debt obligations issued by cities, counties, states, and other non-federal governmental entities, which use the proceeds to…

Type:

Date:

November 1, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Pre-Trade & Post-Trade Pricing Data Dissemination

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on the MSRB's Concept Release on pre-trade and post-trade pricing…

Type:

Date:

October 30, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Credit Risk Retention

SIFMA and sponsors of tender option bond (TOB) programs provide comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency…

Type:

Date:

October 7, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Requiring Dealers to Adopt a Best Execution Standard

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) responding to the MSRB's request for comment on whether to…

Type:

Date:

September 23, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Retail Order Periods

SIFMA provides contents to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a proposed rule change to amend MSRB Rules G-8,…

Type:

Date:

September 20, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Revised Fair-Pricing Rule G-30

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on Proposed Fair-Pricing Rule -MSRB Notice 2013-15. The proposal would…

Type:

Date:

September 20, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Consolidating Registration Requirements

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a proposed rule change to consolidate registration requirements, MSRB Notice…

Type:

Date:

September 17, 2013

Issues:

Mutual Fund Liquidity, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Asset Management

Money Market Fund Reform and Amendments to Form PF

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the proposed new and amended rules and forms relating…

Type:

Date:

August 29, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposal to Amend MSRB Rules G-8, G-11 & G-32

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and Government Finance Officers Association’s (GFOA) Governmental Debt Management Committee provide comments to…

Type:

Date:

July 30, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2013 Q2

Long-term municipal issuance volume, including taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $88.6 billion in the second quarter of 2013 according to…

Type:

Date:

July 26, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

‘Execution With Diligence’ Standard for Municipal Trading

SIFMA provides recommendations to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) for a proposed execution-with-diligence standard for municipal trading, following its…

Type:

Date:

July 18, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Rules Requiring Underwriters to Submit 529 College Savings Plan Data to the MSRB

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the proposed rule changes filed by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking…

Type:

Date:

July 18, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Rule Provisions Specifically Tailored for Retail Order Periods

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the proposed rule changes filed by the Municipal Securities…

Type:

Date:

July 18, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The City of Detroit’s Outstanding Municipal Securities

SIFMA wrote a letter to the Governor of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Treasury regarding the treatment of Detroit’s…

Type:

Date:

July 11, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO and FRN Update, June 2013

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal VRDO market for the period  from July 2009 to…

Type:

Date:

June 12, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Sophisticated Municipal Market Professional Rules

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on proposed sophisticated municipal market professional rules, MSRB Notice 2013-10.  SIFMA…

Type:

Date:

May 8, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, 2013 Q1

Long-term municipal issuance volume, including taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $81.3 billion in the first quarter of 2013 according to…

Type:

Date:

May 6, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Revisions to MSRB Suitability Rule G-19

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on revisions to the MSRB Suitability Rule, G-19. SIFMA continues to…

Type:

Date:

March 15, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

New Central Transparency Platform

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on more contemporaneous trade price information through a new central transparency…

Type:

Date:

March 12, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Codifying Time of Trade Disclosure Obligation

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on codifying time of trade disclosure obligation and Proposed Rule…

Type:

Date:

February 19, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB’s Review of Rules & Interpretive Guidance

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on the MSRB's initiative to review its rules and interpretive…

Type:

Date:

February 8, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Underwriters Submitting Preliminary Official Statements to EMMA

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on the MSRB's Concept Proposal to require underwriters to submit…

Type:

Date:

February 6, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report, 2012 Q4 and Full Year

The municipal bond credit report is a quarterly report on the trends and statistics of U.S. municipal bond market, both…

Type:

Date:

January 7, 2013

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Update, December 2012

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal VRDO market for the period  from June 2009 to…

Type:

Date:

December 21, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Issuance Survey 2013

Respondents to the 2013 SIFMA Municipal Issuance Survey expect total municipal issuance, both short- and long-term, to reach $458.0 billion…

Type:

Date:

December 21, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Underwriters Submitting 529 College Savings Plan Information

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemkaing Board (MSRB) on a revised draft rule requiring underwriters to submit 529 college…

Type:

Date:

November 2, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Retail Order Periods

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on revised draft rule amendments and revised draft interpretive notice…

Type:

Date:

October 31, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 3Q 2012

Long-term municipal issuance volume, including taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $83.6 billion in the third quarter of 2012 according to…

Type:

Date:

October 24, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

BABs Sequestration

SIFMA and 17 other associations provide comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the National Economic Council…

Type:

Date:

October 22, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

CVA Capital Requirements

SIFMA provides comments to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the…

Type:

Date:

October 22, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Treatment of Exposures to Public Sector Entities

SIFMA provides comments to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the…

Type:

Date:

October 22, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Treatment of Unrealized Gains & Losses on US Municipal Debt Securities

SIFMA provides comments to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the…

Type:

Date:

October 16, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Fee Increase for Municipal Issues

SIFMA, the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), and the National Association of Independent Public Finance Advisors (NAIPFA) provide comments to…

Type:

Date:

October 3, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Proposal Regarding Large Trade Size Reporting

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the "Notice of Filing of Proposed Amendments to the Real-Time…

Type:

Date:

October 1, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Update, September 2012

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal VRDO market for the period  from June 2009 to…

Type:

Date:

September 21, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Online Municipal Securities Transactions for Individual Investors

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on the MSRB's Concept Proposal (Proposal) to strengthen account opening and…

Type:

Date:

September 17, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Bond Ballot Campaign Committee Contributions

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on draft amendments to Rule G-37 on political contributions and…

Type:

Date:

September 14, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Collecting 529 College Savings Plan Data

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a draft proposal to collect 529 college savings plan…

Type:

Date:

August 16, 2012

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee, Asset Management

Timothy W. Cameron, Esq. on Eminent Domain Proposal, San Bernardino, CA

Statement of Timothy W. Cameron, Esq., Managing Director of the SIFMA Asset Managers Group, before the Joint Powers Authority (JPA) of San…

Type:

Date:

August 16, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Issue Price of Certain Bonds

SIFMA, the Bond Dealers of America, the Government Finance Officers Association, and the National Association of Bond Lawyers provide comments…

Type:

Date:

August 13, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Bondholder Consents

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on an MSRB request for comment on a draft amendment…

Type:

Date:

July 31, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2012 Q2

Long-term municipal issuance volume, including taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $113.1 billion in the second quarter of 2012 according to…

Type:

Date:

July 31, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Third Party Payments and Potential Conflicts of Interest

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a MSRB Concept Release to provide for public disclosure of…

Type:

Date:

July 19, 2012

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee, Government Relations & Communications

Kenneth Gibbs on Municipal Finance

Statement of Kenneth D. Gibbs, President of the Municipal Securities Group, Jefferies & Co. Inc., on behalf of SIFMA, before…

Type:

Date:

July 9, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Update, June 2012

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal VRDO market for the period  from June 2009 to…

Type:

Date:

June 29, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Elimination of Large Trade Size Masking on Price Transparency Reports

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on the MSRB's request for comments on the elimination of…

Type:

Date:

June 15, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Historicals

About the Report A brief historical stat sheet to the municipal VRDO market for the period from January 2002 to June…

Type:

Date:

May 8, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

New Issue Information Submission Requirements for Underwriters

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a proposal to streamline new issue information submission requirements…

Type:

Date:

May 4, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Government Relations & Communications

The Highway Investment, Job Creation and Economic Growth Act

SIFMA, as part of a coalitions, provides comments to the U.S. Congress Conference Committee tasked with agreeing to provisions in…

Type:

Date:

May 4, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Application of MSRB Rule G-17 to Sophisticated Municipal Market Professionals

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the proposed rule changes filed by the Municipal Securities…

Type:

Date:

April 27, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2012 Q1

Long-term municipal issuance volume, including taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $78.2 billion in the first quarter of 2012 according to…

Type:

Date:

April 23, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Importance of Tax-Exempt Bonds

SIFMA and 24 other associations provide comments to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on the importance of tax-exempt bonds.  The…

Type:

Date:

April 13, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Rule Amendments and Interpretive Notice on Retail Order Periods

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) in response to the Request for Comment on Proposed Rule Amendments and…

Type:

Date:

April 11, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Update, March 2012

About the Report A brief update to the municipal VRDO market for the period ending March 31, 2012, in excel format…

Type:

Date:

April 2, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Electronic Dissemination of 529 College Savings Plan Disclosure Documents

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on and MSRB Concept Proposal for Electronic Dissemination of 529…

Type:

Date:

March 23, 2012

Issues:

The Individual Investor, Private Client & Wealth Management, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Financial Literacy

Financial Literacy Among Investors

The Private Client Legal Committee of SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the SEC’s study…

Type:

Date:

March 23, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Recommending Priorities for MSRB’s FY2013 Agenda

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) recommending priorities for the MSRB for their FY2013 agenda, MSRB…

Type:

Date:

March 16, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

GASB’s Preliminary Views Economic Condition Reporting

SIFMA provides comments to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board’s (GASB) on the GASB's Preliminary Views Economic Condition Reporting: Financial Projections (PV). While…

Type:

Date:

March 8, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Update, December 2011

March 08, 2012 Addition Differences between these numbers and what Bloomberg aggregates report: Report data does not include: commercial paper…

Type:

Date:

February 13, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Provisions of the Volcker Rule Relating to Municipal Securities

SIFMA provides comments to multiple federal regulators on proposed rulemaking to implement Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform…

Type:

Date:

January 30, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Opposing the Establishment of a GASB Accounting Support Fee

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a notice of filing of proposed rule change relating…

Type:

Date:

January 27, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The SEC’s Order to Initiate Disapproval Proceedings for a MSRB Rule G-17 Rule Change

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the SEC's order instituting proceedings to determine whether to disapprove…

Type:

Date:

January 26, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2011 Q4

Long-term municipal issuance volume, including taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $98.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011 according to…

Type:

Date:

January 20, 2012

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Definition of Issue Price

SIFMA provides comments to the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) on regulatory guidance in development by Treasury and the Internal Revenue…

Type:

Date:

December 21, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Issuance Survey 2012

Respondents to the 2012 SIFMA Municipal Issuance Survey expect total municipal issuance, both short- and long-term, to reach $402.0 billion…

Type:

Date:

December 13, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Restated Sophisticated Municipal Market Professional Notice

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on the MSRB's restated Sophisticated Municipal Market Professional (SMMP) notice, MSRB…

Type:

Date:

November 30, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Amendments to MSRB G-17 Fair Dealing Interpretive Notice for Underwriters

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on proposed amendments to Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) G-17…

Type:

Date:

November 21, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Facilitating Risk-Based Compliance Examinations

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's (MSRB's) notice of filing…

Type:

Date:

November 17, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Amicus Briefs, Amicus & Litigation Advisory Committee

In re Jefferson County, Alabama

SIFMA submitted an Amicus "Friend of the Court" Brief. Court:  U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Northern District Alabama) Amicus Issue:  Whether a…

Type:

Date:

November 17, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Chapter 9 Case for Jefferson County, AL

SIFMA provides comments to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District, in the Chapter 9 Case for Jefferson County, Alabama.  SIFMA…

Type:

Date:

November 2, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Rules G-8, G-9, G-18, and Draft Rule G-43

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on MSRB Draft Rule G-43 and associated amendments to Rules…

Type:

Date:

November 1, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2011 Q3

Long-term municipal issuance volume, including taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $72.7 billion in the third quarter of 2011 according to…

Type:

Date:

October 5, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

Variable Rate Demand Obligations Update, September 2011

About the Report A brief update to the municipal VRDO market for the period ending September 30, 2011, in excel format…

Type:

Date:

September 30, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Underwriters of Municipals Securities

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB) proposed rule change consisting of…

Type:

Date:

September 15, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal TOB Update, June 2011

About the Report A brief update to the municipal TOB market for the period beginning January 1, 2009 to June…

Type:

Date:

September 13, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Membership of the MSRB Board

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB's) Notice of Filing…

Type:

Date:

September 12, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Disclosure for Municipal Bond Sales in the Secondary Market

SIFMA provides comments to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on FINRA's request for comment on frequently asked questions (FAQs)…

Type:

Date:

September 12, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Establishing an Interim Municipal Advisor Assessment & a Draft Municipal Advisor Survey

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on proposed Rule A-11(c) which would establishing an interim Municipal…

Type:

Date:

August 29, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Proposal Regarding Municipal Advisor Assessments

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB's) notice of filing of proposed…

Type:

Date:

August 26, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposal to Collect Information on 529 College Savings Plans

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a proposal to collect information on 529 College Savings Plans…

Type:

Date:

August 1, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposal to Establish an Accounting Support Fee for the Annual Budget of the GASB

SIFMA provides comments to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on Regulatory Notice 11-28: Comments on Proposal to Amend Schedule…

Type:

Date:

August 1, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Effects of the Joint Agencies’ ABS Risk Retention Proposal on Municipal Programs

SIFMA provides comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the…

Type:

Date:

July 29, 2011

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee

Bill Henderson on the State of the Municipal Securities Market

Testimony of Bill Henderson, Managing Director in Public Finance Investment Banking, Piper Jaffray, on behalf of SIFMA before the Securities…

Type:

Date:

July 25, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2011 Q2

According to Thomson Reuters, long-term municipal issuance volume, including taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $68.2 billion in the second quarter…

Type:

Date:

July 7, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

Variable Rate Demand Obligations Update, June 2011

Variable rate demand obligations (VRDOs, also sometimes labeled VRDNs, variable rate demand notes, or VRDBs, variable rate demand bonds) are…

Type:

Date:

June 24, 2011

Issues:

The Individual Investor, Private Client & Wealth Management, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Rule G-23 – Activities of Financial Advisors

SIFMA submits comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on amendments to Rule G-23 filed with the Securities and…

Type:

Date:

June 24, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Supervision of Municipal Advisory Activities, Books and Records, and Preservation of Records

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on Supervision of Municipal Advisory Activities (Draft Rule G-44), Books and…

Type:

Date:

May 5, 2011

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA on State and Local Pension Plans

SIFMA files this written testimony with the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight for the hearing, Improving Public Pension…

Type:

Date:

April 29, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Second Comments on MSRB Draft Rule G-43 and Associated Amendments to Rules G-8, G-9, and G-18

SIFMA provides a second set of comment to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on MSRB Draft Rule G-43 and…

Type:

Date:

April 29, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Draft Rule G-43 and Associated Amendments to Rules G-8, G-9, and G-18

SIFMA submits the first of two comment letters to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on MSRB Draft Rule G-43…

Type:

Date:

April 20, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2011 Q1

According to Thomson Reuters, long-term municipal issuance volume, including taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $46.8 billion in the first quarter…

Type:

Date:

April 11, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Fiduciary of Municipal Advisors and the Application of MSRB G-17 to Municipal Advisors

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on draft MSRB Rule G-36 relating to the fiduciary duty…

Type:

Date:

April 11, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Application of MSRB Rule G-17 to Underwriters of Municipal Securities

SIFMA provides comments to Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a draft interpretive notice concerning the application of MSRB Rule G-17…

Type:

Date:

April 5, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Gifts & Gratuities Rule for Municipal Advisors

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a proposal relating to gifts and gratuities rule for…

Type:

Date:

March 21, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Rule G-23: Activities of Financial Advisors

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on proposed changes to Rule G-23: Activities of Financial Advisors,…

Type:

Date:

February 25, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Potential Interaction of MSRB and SEC Proposed Rules on a Pay-to-Play Regime

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to highlight a potential and serious collateral consequence of an…

Type:

Date:

February 25, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Pay-to-Play Rule for Municipal Advisors

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a proposed pay-to-play rule for municipal advisors, Proposed Rule G-42,…

Type:

Date:

February 22, 2011

Issues:

Swap Dealer Committee, OTC Derivatives, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Asset Management

Business Conduct Standards for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants, Particularly Special Entities

The Asset Management Group (AMG) of SIFMA provides comments to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on proposed business conduct standards for swap…

Type:

Date:

February 22, 2011

Issues:

Swap Dealer Committee, OTC Derivatives, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Business Conduct Standards

SIFMA, the American Bankers Association, the American Benefits Council, the Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets, The ERISA Industry…

Type:

Date:

February 22, 2011

Issues:

Swap Dealer Committee, OTC Derivatives, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Rules for End-User Exception to Mandatory Clearing of Swaps

SIFMA's Municipal Finance Products Committee provides comments to the Commodity Future Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…

Type:

Date:

February 22, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Municipal Advisor Registration

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a proposed rule that would establish a permanent registration…

Type:

Date:

February 17, 2011

Issues:

Swap Dealer Committee, OTC Derivatives, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Business Conduct Standards for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants

SIFMA and the International Swap Dealers Association (ISDA) provide comments to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on business conduct…

Type:

Date:

February 1, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2010 Q4 and Full Year

According to Thomson Reuters, long-term municipal issuance volume, including taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $132.3 billion in the fourth quarter…

Type:

Date:

January 24, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Amendments to the Investment Adviser Pay-to-Play Rules

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on proposed amendments to rule 206(4)(5), the Investment Adviser Pay-to-Play rules which…

Type:

Date:

January 6, 2011

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

Build America Bonds Fact Sheet, Q4 and Full Year 2010

Build America Bonds Build America Bonds (BABs) are taxable municipal bonds that were authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment…

Type:

Date:

December 15, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Issuance Survey 2011

Respondents to the 2011 SIFMA Municipal Issuance Survey expected total municipal issuance, combining both taxable and tax-exempt debt in aggregate,…

Type:

Date:

December 7, 2010

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee

Leslie Norwood on the Municipal Securities Market

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held its second field hearing to examine the municipal securities markets at its Headquarters in Washington,…

Type:

Date:

December 2, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Amendments to MSRB Rule A-13

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's (MRSB) proposed amendments to MSRB Rule A-13,…

Type:

Date:

November 15, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Registration of Municipal Advisors

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on recent temporary interim rules on registration of municipal advisors. SIFMA recommends…

Type:

Date:

November 15, 2010

Issues:

Securitization Committee, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Regulations on Asset Backed Securities

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the SEC's proposed regulations on asset backed securities, S7-24-10…

Type:

Date:

November 15, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Draft Interpretive Guidance on Municipal Securities Broker’s Brokers

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on draft interpretive guidance on municipal securities broker's brokers (MSBBs),…

Type:

Date:

November 15, 2010

Issues:

Securitization Committee, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Issuer Review of Assets in Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the proposed rule relating to Issuer Review of Assets…

Type:

Date:

November 9, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The MSRB’s Proposed Fee Increases

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's (MSRB) proposed fee increases,…

Type:

Date:

November 5, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2010 Q3

According to Thomson Reuters, long-term municipal issuance volume, including both taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $93.4 billion in the third…

Type:

Date:

November 1, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Dealer-Affiliated Political Action Committees

SIFMA provides comments Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on dealer-affiliated Political Action Committees (PACs), Notice 2010-30. In September 2009, the MSRB sought comments on whether…

Type:

Date:

October 13, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal VRDO Update, 2010 Q2

Variable rate demand obligations (VRDO) are long-term debt instruments typically sold by municipalities. The rates on VRDOs are set at…

Type:

Date:

October 4, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal BABs Fact Sheet, 2010 Q3

Build America Bonds Build America Bonds (BABs) are taxable municipal bonds that were authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment…

Type:

Date:

September 30, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Underwriting Activities of Financial Advisers

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on Rule G-23, the underwriting activities of financial advisers, MSRB…

Type:

Date:

September 22, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Rule A-3 Changes

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on matters related to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's (Board) notice of Rule…

Type:

Date:

August 13, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2010 Q2

According to Thomson Reuters, long-term municipal issuance volume, including both taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totaled $100.2 billion in the second…

Type:

Date:

August 13, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal ARS Update, July 2010

Auction rate securities (ARS) are long-term debt instruments typically sold by municipalities (municipal ARS) and by closed-end mutual funds as…

Type:

Date:

August 10, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Dodd-Frank Act Provision Regarding GASB Funding

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the Dodd-Frank Act provision regarding Governmental Accounting Standards Board…

Type:

Date:

August 5, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Guidelines for Tax-Exempt Bonds and Build America Bonds

SIFMA, the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), the National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL), and the Regional Bond Dealers Association…

Type:

Date:

July 5, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal BABs Fact Sheet, 2010 Q2

Build America Bonds Build America Bonds (BABs) are taxable municipal bonds that were authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment…

Type:

Date:

June 7, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Prevailing Market Prices and Mark-Ups for Transactions in Municipal Securities

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) responding to a draft interpretive guidance on prevailing market prices…

Type:

Date:

May 14, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2010 Q1

According to Thomson Reuters, long-term municipal issuance volume, including both taxable and tax-exempt issuance, totalled $103.7 billion in the first…

Type:

Date:

April 23, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Increasing Transparency for Auction Rate Securities & Variable Rate Demand Obligations

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding a proposed rule change by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board…

Type:

Date:

April 5, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal BABs Fact Sheet, 2010 Q1

Build America Bonds Build America Bonds (BABs) are taxable municipal bonds that were authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment…

Type:

Date:

March 4, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Government Relations & Communications

Tax Credit Bonds

SIFMA provides comments to the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the House Amendment to Section 301 of the…

Type:

Date:

February 22, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Qualified School Construction Bond Program

SIFMA provides comments to the U.S. Senate Regarding the Qualified School Construction Bond (QSCB) program. SIFMA argues that direct-pay QSCBs…

Type:

Date:

February 10, 2010

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2009 Q4

According to Thomson Reuters, long-term municipal issuance volume (including both taxable and tax-exempt issuance) totaled $410.2 billion in 2009, a…

Type:

Date:

December 31, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Build America Bonds, 2009

About the Report A quarterly fact sheet on Build America Bonds, taxable municipal bonds authorized under the American Recovery and…

Type:

Date:

December 17, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Issuance Survey 2010

Respondents to the SIFMA 2010 Municipal Issuance Survey1 forecast total municipal issuance, combining both taxable and tax-exempt in aggregate, will…

Type:

Date:

November 2, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2009 Q3

The U.S. financial markets continued to improve in the third quarter of 2009. The economy recorded quarterly growth of 3.5…

Type:

Date:

October 5, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Rules to Change to Political Contributions by Certain Investment Advisers

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a proposed rules which are intended to eliminate pay-to-play…

Type:

Date:

October 1, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2009 Q2

The U.S. financial markets improved in the second quarter with many market observers anticipating an economic recovery later this year.…

Type:

Date:

September 11, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

New Issue Syndicate Practices, Books and Records, Preservation of Records

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on proposed amendments to Rule G-11 on new issue syndicate practices,…

Type:

Date:

September 8, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Amendments Relating to Municipal Securities Disclosure

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on proposed amendments to Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange…

Type:

Date:

September 1, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Transparency of Municipal Auction Rate Securities and Variable Rate Demand Obligations

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on transparency of municipal auction rate securities (ARS) and variable rate…

Type:

Date:

August 19, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Interpretive Guidance on Disclosure and Other Sales Practice Obligations

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding a notice of filing with the SEC of a…

Type:

Date:

August 12, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Primary Market Disclosure and Primary Market Subscription Services

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding a notice of filing with the SEC of a…

Type:

Date:

August 12, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

MSRB Proposal for Voluntary Submissions by Issuers and their Designated Agents

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on proposed rule changes by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB)…

Type:

Date:

August 7, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Rule Changes Relating to Contributions to Bond Ballot Campaign Committees

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a proposed MSRB Rule G-37 changes on political contributions…

Type:

Date:

August 1, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Guides & Playbooks

Build America Bond Factsheet

SIFMA’s Fact Sheet on Build America Bonds (BABs). Build America Bonds (BABs) are new taxable municipal bonds that were authorized…

Type:

Date:

June 29, 2009

Issues:

OTC Derivatives, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Settlement of Syndicate Accounts and Secondary Market Trading Accounts

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) in regard to MSRB Notice 2009-20, in which the MSRB requests…

Type:

Date:

May 21, 2009

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee, Government Relations & Communications

Bernard Beal Before House Committee on Financial Services

Written Testimony of Bernard Beal, Chief Executive Officer, President M.R. Beal & Company, Vice Chair, Securities Industry and Financial Markets…

Type:

Date:

May 10, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Implementing an Electronic System for Free Public Access to Primary Disclosure Documents

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a proposed rule change by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board…

Type:

Date:

May 1, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2009 Q1

The U.S. financial markets continued to struggle in the first quarter due to a slowing economy, nearly frozen credit markets…

Type:

Date:

March 26, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Consideration of Muni Lending Facility

Members of HFSC Send Letter to Fed and Treasury Urging Consideration of Muni Lending Facility

Type:

Date:

March 12, 2009

Issues:

Press Releases, Municipal Securities Committee

SIFMA to Terminate Auction Rate Securities Indices

New York, NY, March 12, 2009-The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today announced that it will wind down…

Type:

Date:

February 6, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Requesting Further Action to Help Restore Liquidity and Functioning in Municipal and Auction Securities Markets

SIFMA Letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke requesting further action to help restore liquidity and functioning in the municipal and…

Type:

Date:

February 6, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Requesting Action to Help Restore Liquidity and Functioning in Municipal and Auction Securities Markets

SIFMA Letter to Treasury Secretary Geithner requesting action to help restore liquidity and functioning in the municipal and auction securities…

Type:

Date:

February 2, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report, 2008 Q4

The U.S. financial markets continued to struggle in the fourth quarter with a slowing economy, nearly frozen credit markets and…

Type:

Date:

January 12, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Letter of Support for S.138

SIFMA sends letter of support for S.138

Type:

Date:

January 12, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Government Relations & Communications

Urging Inclusion of AMT Exemption for PABs in the Economic Stimulus Package

SIFMA sends letter to Senate leadership urging inclusion of AMT exemption for PABs in the economic stimulus package

Type:

Date:

January 12, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Letter of Support for H.R.425

SIFMA sends letter of support for H.R.425

Type:

Date:

January 12, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Government Relations & Communications

Urging Inclusion of AMT Exemption for PABs in the Economic Stimulus Package

SIFMA sends letter to House leadership urging inclusion of AMT exemption for PABs in the economic stimulus package

Type:

Date:

January 12, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Government Relations & Communications

Stimulus Package Considered by Congress

SIFMA provides comments to Members of the U.S. House of Representatives on the stimulus package considered by Congress including a…

Type:

Date:

January 12, 2009

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Government Relations & Communications

Private Activity Bonds and AMT

SIFMA provides comments to Congressmen Richard Neal and Paul Ryan, both members of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and…

Type:

Date:

December 19, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposal Relating to the MSRB SHORT System

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a proposal relating to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB)…

Type:

Date:

November 17, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Municipal Bond Market Support Act

SIFMA provides comments to the Chairmen of U.S House of Representatives Financial Services and Ways and Means Committees on the Municipal Bond…

Type:

Date:

November 17, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Government Relations & Communications

The Municipal Bond Market Support Act

SIFMA provides comments to Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), who are members of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, on the Municipal…

Type:

Date:

October 1, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report 2008 Q3

All U.S. financial markets struggled in the third quarter of 2008 with a slowing economy, nearly frozen credit markets and…

Type:

Date:

September 22, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed MSRB Rule Establishing a Continuing Disclosure Service

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a proposed Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) rule change…

Type:

Date:

September 22, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Amendments to Rule 15c2-12 Related to Municipal Securities Disclosure

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on proposed amendments to Rule 15c2-12 from the Securities Exchange…

Type:

Date:

September 18, 2008

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee

Leslie Norwood on the Auction Rate Securities Market

Testimony of Leslie Norwood, SIFMA managing director and associate general counsel before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on the…

Type:

Date:

July 25, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

SIFMA provides comments to the U.S. Senate Majority and Minority Leaders supporting passage of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act…

Type:

Date:

July 25, 2008

Issues:

Securitization Committee, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Mortgage Loans Held in REMICs

SIFMA provides comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on 9 of Revenue Procedure 2008-28 describing when mortgage loans in…

Type:

Date:

June 30, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Municipal Variable Rate Demand Obligations

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on an MSRB proposal to create a centralized system for the collection…

Type:

Date:

June 5, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposal to Require Trade Reporting for Proprietary Desk Transactions

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a proposal for proprietary desk transactions to be reported to the…

Type:

Date:

April 21, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Information Available for Municipal Auction Rate Securities

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a plan for increasing information available for municipal auction rate…

Type:

Date:

April 21, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Assignment of Global Ratings to Tax-Exempt Municipal Obligations

SIFMA's Municipal Division provides comments to Moody's Investors Service on Moody's request for comment, Assignment of Global Ratings to Tax-Exempt Municipal Obligations. …

Type:

Date:

April 16, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report 2007 Q4

Municipal Bond Credit Report The municipal bond environment has been beset by a number of challenges and pressures during the…

Type:

Date:

March 28, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Rule G-8, Books & Records, Rule G-9, Preservation of Records, & Rule G-34, CUSIP Numbers and New Issue Requirements, to Improve Transaction Reporting of New Issues

SIFMA provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on proposed changes to Rule G-8, Books and Records, Rule G-9,…

Type:

Date:

March 4, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Government Relations & Communications

Federal Home Loan Banks to Provide Credit Enhancement to Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds

SIFMA provides comments to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the US House Ways and Means Committee urging the inclusion…

Type:

Date:

March 3, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Treasury’s 2007 – 2008 Priority Guidance Plan

SIFMA provides comments to U.S. Department Treasury on Treasury's 2007 – 2008 Priority Guidance Plan proposed regulations on arbitrage restrictions under Internal…

Type:

Date:

February 25, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Plans to Establish an Electronic Access System for Continuing Disclosure

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on plans to establish an electronic access system for continuing…

Type:

Date:

February 13, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Changes to the Reissuance Rules for Tax-Exempt Securities

SIFMA provides comments to the U.S. Department of Treasury on proposed changes to the reissuance rules for tax-exempt securities.  SIFMA presents…

Type:

Date:

January 17, 2008

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters, Government Relations & Communications

Proposed Changes to the Mortgage Revenue Bond Program

SIFMA provides comments to the U.S. Department of Treasury on proposed changes to the Mortgage Revenue Bond program. The Administration…

Type:

Date:

December 14, 2007

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Establishing an Electronic Access System for Official Statements

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on draft rule changes to establish an electronic access system for official…

Type:

Date:

December 3, 2007

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report 2007 Q3

About the Report The municipal bond credit report is a quarterly report on the trends and statistics of U.S. municipal…

Type:

Date:

October 17, 2007

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Rules Relating to Supervision, Books and Records and the Preservation of Records

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on MSRB Rule G-27 supervision, MSRB Rule G-8 on books and records, and MSRB…

Type:

Date:

October 16, 2007

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

New Issue Municipal Securities Trade Reporting

SIFMA provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a request for extension of 3-hour exception for new issue municipal securities…

Type:

Date:

June 1, 2007

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Credit Report 2007 Q1

About the Report The municipal bond credit report is a quarterly report on the trends and statistics of U.S. municipal…

Type:

Date:

March 29, 2007

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee

Michael Decker Before the House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Statement of Michael Decker, Senior Managing Director, Research and Public Policy, SIFMA Before the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, Committee on…

Type:

Date:

February 13, 2007

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee, Infrastructure and Municipal Finance

SIFMA Before House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit at Hearing on Public-Private Partnerships

SIFMA statement before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit for the hearing: Public-Private Partnerships…

Type:

Date:

January 8, 2007

Issues:

Studies, Municipal Securities Committee

A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Comparative Cost of Negotiated and Competitive Methods of Municipal Bond Issuance

This study performs the first comprehensive analysis of the comparative interest costs of negotiated and competitive municipal bond issuance. In…

Type:

Date:

January 5, 2007

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Disclosure of Contributions by Business Entities

SIFMA provides comments to New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) on proposed new rules relating to the disclosure of contributions…

Type:

Date:

December 1, 2006

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

US Municipal Bond Credit Report 2006 Q3

Type:

Date:

October 12, 2006

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Audit of Student Loan Lender Nelnet

The Bond Market Association (TBMA)* provides comments to the U.S. Department of Education on the findings of the Department's inspector…

Type:

Date:

September 22, 2006

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Amendments to Rule G-21

The Securities Industry Association (SIA)* provides comments to Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on amendments to MSRB Rule G-2, Notice 2006-26. …

Type:

Date:

September 20, 2006

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Official Statement Dissemination for New Issue Municipal Securities

The Securities Industry Association (SIA)* provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on the application of the Access Equals Delivery Standard…

Type:

Date:

September 15, 2006

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Application of Access Equals Delivery Standard to Official Statement Dissemination

The Bond Market Association (TBMA)* provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on the application of access equals delivery…

Type:

Date:

September 15, 2006

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Draft Procedures for Reporting Special Condition Indicators

The Bond Market Association (TBMA) provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on draft procedures for reporting special condition indicators for certain…

Type:

Date:

September 7, 2006

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Proposed Amendments Made to Higher Education Laws

The Bond Market Association (TBMA) provides comments to the U.S. Department of Education (Department) on interim final regulation released by the Department…

Type:

Date:

July 28, 2006

Issues:

OTC Derivatives, Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Accounting and Financial Reporting for Derivatives

The Municipal Financial Products Committee of The Bond Market Association (TBMA)* and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) form…

Type:

Date:

March 16, 2006

Issues:

Testimony, Municipal Securities Committee

Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives, at Hearing on Tax-Preferred Bonds

Testimony of Micah S. Green, President, The Bond Market Association, Before the U.S. House of Representatives, at Hearing on Tax-Preferred…

Type:

Date:

January 13, 2006

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Underwriting Activities of Financial Advisors

The Bond Market Association (TBMA)* provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on underwriting activities of financial advisors (Rule…

Type:

Date:

January 10, 2006

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Definition of Solicitation

The Bond Market Association (TBMA)* provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a proposed interpretation of the definition of…

Type:

Date:

July 29, 2005

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

The Marketing of 529 College Savings Plans

The Securities Industry Association (SIA)* provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on their draft interpretation on customer protection obligations…

Type:

Date:

May 5, 2005

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Solicitations of Municipal Securities Business

The Bond Market Association (TBMA)* provides comment to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a proposal rule change relating to…

Type:

Date:

April 5, 2005

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Contributions to Political Party Committees and Political Action Committees

The Securities Industry Association (SIA)* provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on proposed "Questions and Answers" (Q&As) for the…

Type:

Date:

April 1, 2005

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Clarification of Rule G-37

The Bond Market Association (TBMA)* provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on a proposed amendment and interpretations of…

Type:

Date:

April 12, 2004

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Point of Sale Disclosure Requirements

The Securities Industry Association (SIA)* provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on confirmation requirements and point of sale disclosure requirements…

Type:

Date:

September 11, 2003

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Notice of Implementation Plan for Real-Time Trade Reporting

The Bond Market Association (BMA) provides comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) regarding real time trade reporting and the related…

Type:

Date:

August 1, 2002

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Municipal, Economics

Secondary Market Effects of Municipal Bond Tax Audit Disclosure

Type:

Date:

January 4, 2001

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Draft Guidance on Dealer Responsibilities

The Bond Market Association (TBMA)* provides supplemental comments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) on Draft Interpretive Guidance on Dealer…

Type:

Date:

December 14, 1998

Issues:

Municipal Securities Committee, Letters

Certain Practices for Debt Securities other than Municipal Securities

The Federal Regulation and Self-Regulation Committees of the Securities Industry Association (SIA)* provide comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission…

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