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Municipal market participants this week laid out their doubts about a data standards law in a blizzard of comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission. A similar refrain came from issuers big and small: the Financial Data Transparency Act of 2022 represents regulatory overreach and an unfunded federal mandate that will especially burden small issuers.
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Twenty/20 Saving for a home down payment can feel challenging, given current real estate prices. Using the right assets can help give your balance a lift. When you actually need the money is the “biggest driving factor,” said Ryan Dennehy, principal and financial advisor at California Financial Advisors in San Ramon, California. The firm ranked No.
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California State Treasurer Fiona Ma appointed Christina Sarron to head the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority.Bloomberg News A long-time veteran of the State Treasurer’s public finance office has taken the helm of the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority. State Treasurer Fiona Ma Tuesday announced that she has appointed Christina
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A completed planned development is seen in Ashburn, Virginia, on Aug. 14, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Mortgage demand moved lower again last week, even though mortgage interest rates didn’t move. Total mortgage application volume dropped 6.7% from the previous week, hitting its lowest level since July, according to the Mortgage Bankers
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Pioneers sometimes get undue credit for simply being the first of many trying to reach the promised land. Even if they had never been born, their discovery would have happened around the same time anyway. Other times they become the figurehead of what was really a collective breakthrough. But if there was a true father
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Half Day Forest Preserve in Lake County, Illinois. Lake County Forest Preserves is asking voters to approve a $155 million bond referendum on Nov. 5.Jennifer Shea Voters in the Midwest will see a half-dozen conservation referendums on their ballots, three of them involving bonds. Such local issues have one advantage amid the polarization that has
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Municipals extended their selloff with the largest losses on the short end amid another busy day in the primary market, led by an upsized JFK Airport Terminal 6 Redevelopment Project deal. U.S. Treasuries were little changed and equities ended mixed. Triple-A yields rose three to 12 basis points, playing some catch up after recent outperformance.
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As the election looms, tax specialists and politicos are gaming out what might happen to key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including the deduction cap on state and local taxes.   “There’s an interesting set of bedfellows and partnerships that could emerge on SALT,” said Arshi Siddiqui, a partner at Akin, and a
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The New York State Capitol Building in Albany. New York has enacted some improved public pension benefits.Bloomberg News A trend of public pension benefit improvements could put credit pressure on states that enact them, Fitch Ratings said this week. Enacted and proposed state measures providing more generous benefits will “lead to higher required contributions and
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Alliance Global Partners for engaging in unfair practices and publishing daily quotes at above market prices on anywhere between 4,300 and 6,500 different municipal bonds between February 2019 and February 2021. The firm violated Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Rules G-13 on quotes, G-14 on reports of sales or
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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Examination Division will take a closer look at municipal advisors, specifically non-solicitor municipal advisors in FY 2025, and will begin enforcing the move to a T+1 settlement cycle. That comes on the backs of the Commission’s first case enforcing Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Rule G-42, which was established in 2016
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More firms are turning to integrating with other systems as they address growing client needs for seamless workflows and contend with the ability to scale their business. However, barriers can impede integration, leading to firms having varying levels of success. Since “fixed income markets are complex and bifurcated … we have to collaborate to provide
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