Fixed-Income Advisory Content

[15917] April 17, 2003 TO: FIXED-INCOME ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 8-03 RE: MSRB PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE MORE FREQUENT REPORTING OF MUNICIPAL SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change...

[15866] April 7, 2003 TO: FIXED-INCOME ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 7-03 MONEY MARKET FUNDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 6-03 RE: SEC STAFF NO-ACTION LETTER REGARDING NEW NRSRO DESIGNATION The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Market Regulation has provided no-action...

[15832] April 7, 2003 TO: TAX MEMBERS No. 23-03 MONEY MARKET FUNDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 5-03 FIXED-INCOME ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 6-03 RE: GUIDANCE ON FLOW-THROUGH OF CHARACTER OF INCOME FROM SYNTHETIC TAX-EXEMPT SECURITIES The Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) has issued...

[15782] March 20, 2003 TO: FIXED-INCOME ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 5-03 MONEY MARKET FUNDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 4-03 RE: INSTITUTE COMMENT LETTER ON MSRB TRADING HALT PROPOSAL The Institute has filed a comment letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission in opposition to the...

[15747] March 12, 2003 TO: FIXED-INCOME ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 4-03 MONEY MARKET FUNDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 3-03 RE: JOINT AGENCY TASK FORCE REPORT ON MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES DISCLOSURE Last month, a task force consisting of the staffs of the Securities and Exchange Commission...

[15740] March 11, 2003 TO: FIXED-INCOME ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 3-03 MONEY MARKET FUNDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 2-03 RE: ICI DRAFT LETTER REGARDING MSRB PROPOSAL TO GRANT MSRB AUTHORITY TO INSTITUTE TRADING HALTS IN THE MUNICIPAL SECURITIES MARKET The Institute has prepared a draft...

[15686] February 24, 2003 TO: FIXED-INCOME ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 2-03 RE: MSRB PROPOSAL TO GRANT MSRB AUTHORITY TO “CLOSE” THE MUNICIPAL SECURITIES MARKET DURING MARKET EMERGENCIES The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has filed a notice with the Securities and Exchange...

[15452] December 13, 2002 TO: FIXED-INCOME ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 16-02 RE: NASD ISSUES INTERPRETIVE GUIDANCE ON "TRACE" RULES NASD has issued a Notice to Members providing interpretive guidance on its trade reporting and compliance engine (“TRACE”) rules.1 The guidance addresses a...

[15444] December 10, 2002 TO: TAX MEMBERS No. 50-02 MONEY MARKET FUNDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 9-02 FIXED-INCOME ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 15-02 RE: INSTITUTE COMMENTS ON REVENUE PROCEDURE 2002-68 RELATED TO TAXATION OF SYNTHETIC TAX-EXEMPT SECURITIES The Institute has submitted the...

[15430] December 6, 2002 TO: FIXED-INCOME ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 14-02 RE: SEC APPROVAL OF MSRB PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE MORE FREQUENT REPORTING OF MUNICIPAL SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an order granting approval of a proposed rule change by...