Municipal Securities Content

On January 13, 2025, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board published a concept release seeking public comment on a potential initiative to collect pre-trade data for certain municipal securities from brokers, dealers, and municipal securities dealers (collectively, "dealers") and...

Last week, FINRA and the MSRB announced that they will not be setting an effective date for their approved rule changes related to reducing the trade reporting timeframe for certain transactions reported to FINRA's TRACE and MSRB's RTRS, respectively.

On January 21, 2025, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board published its annual report for the 2024 fiscal year. This report provides an overview of the organization's regulatory initiatives, operational performance, and financial position.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's proposals, as amended, related to reducing the trade reporting outer-limit timeframe for certain transactions reported to FINRA's Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine and MSRB's Real-Time...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amended proposed rule changes related to reducing the trade reporting timeframe for certain transactions reported...

On April 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued orders instituting proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove proposed rule changes filed, pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 19b-4, by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Municipal...

On February 15, 2024, ICI filed a comment letter in response to notices published by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) soliciting comments on proposed rule changes filed, pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 19b-4, by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the...

On Wednesday, February 7, the SEC approved a rule filing from the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) to amend MSRB Rule G-12 to require dealers effecting municipal securities transactions subject to the T+1 settlement cycle to (1) enter into written agreements with "relevant...

On January 19, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a notice to solicit comments on proposed rule changes filed, pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 19b-4, by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) to...