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Limits of Disclosure Regulation in the Municipal Bond Market
Using a novel data set on municipal private debt disclosures, the authors of this academic research study the effectiveness and market impact of disclosure regulation in the municipal debt market. By comparing reportable private debt events to the...
Forward-Looking Statements in Municipal Disclosures
Due to recent events related to COVID-19, the SEC released a public statement on May 4, 2020, encouraging municipal issuers and issuers to consider voluntary disclosures of forward-looking information regarding the potential future impacts of...
CDFA - PFM Capital Markets Webinar Series: What Your Bond Finance Team Worries AboutMembers only Login
During this webinar, Bethany Pugh, Managing Director at PFM, Todd Fraizer, Managing Director at PFM, Austin McGuan, Director, Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Matthew Eisel, Managing Director at PFM, and Robert McCarthy, Partner with Bricker & Eckler LLP...
2019 Proposed Bond Reissuance RegulationsMembers only Login
The Department of the Treasury's IRS released new Proposed Regulations regarding Bond Reissuance. The Proposed Regulations address the subject of “reissuance” in connection with issues of tax-exempt obligations. The Proposed Regulations...
Arbitrage Compliance Guide for IssuersMembers only Login
This publication is a basic guide to the yield restriction and rebate requirements from the IRS. Understanding the arbitrage requirements can help issuers and conduit borrowers comply with their obligations and prevent violations of the arbitrage...
Primer On Monitoring Post-Issuance ComplianceMembers only Login
This audio cast from the IRS covers the importance of implementing post-issuance compliance procedures and regularly monitoring those procedures to preserve the status of tax-advantaged bonds over the entire life of the bonds. Tax-advantaged bonds,...
Post-Issuance Compliance ChecklistMembers only Login
The National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) and the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) have jointly developed the following checklist to assist bond counsel in discussing with issuers and conduit borrowers, as applicable, post...
Compliance Guidelines for Tax-Exempt BondsMembers only Login
This document explains the guidelines and practices that Stanford follows to remain in compliance with rules relating to tax-exempt bonds. Compliance is required both upon the issuance of the bonds and during the post-issuance phase which extends...
Timing of Annual Financial DisclosuresMembers only Login
The MSRB’s report finds that the majority of issuers had a commitment date of 180 days or 270 days from the end of the issuer’s fiscal year. Over the last several years, the number of commitments of 180 days has generally decreased while there has...
Conduit Issuer ResponsibilitiesMembers only Login
This is part two, Conduit Issuer Responsibilities, of a three-part series for conduit issuers of tax-exempt financing This module focuses on some of the responsibilities conduit issuers have in ensuring, compliance necessary to retain the...
IRS Publication 4077: 501(c)(3) BondsMembers only Login
This publication from the IRS describes rules that apply to a particular type of qualified private activity bonds: qualified 501(c)(3) bonds. This Publication also addresses practices and steps an issuer or 501(c)(3) organization can take to protect...
MSRB Annual Report 2015Members only Login
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's (MSRB) 2015 Annual Report highlights the organization's progress on investor protection initiatives to enhance market structure, its ongoing efforts to improve issuer disclosure practices and the...
Disclosure by Municipal IssuersMembers only Login
This Hawkins Advisory describes rules governing the required disclosures by issuers and underwriters of findings and conclusions of certain third-party due diligence reports relating to asset-backed securities.
The MCDC Initiative Presentation
This past March, the SEC introduced the Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative (MCDC Initiative) to help address concerns that issuers and underwriters have not been complying with continuing disclosure requirements in bond...
The Dodd-Frank Act: A Cheat SheetMembers only Login
As summarized by Morrison Foerster, this "Cheat Sheet" outlines the basic impacts of The Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act. Signed into federal law by President Barack Obama on July 21, 2010 and passed as a response to the...
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