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Industry group to address credit risk
In response to the credit crisis, a group of financial industry executives unveiled a plan today to improve risk management.
EMMA online to the rescue
The SEC has voted unanimously to help investors find free financial information about muni bonds on the Internet.
SIFMA forms covered-bond-traders group
The member firms on the new committees have agreed to take a series of actions to enhance the U.S. covered-bond market.
Gov’t bond issuance to jump more than 50%
Net new issuance of Treasury coupon securities is projected to hit $82.5 billion in the third quarter.
MSRB to improve transparency
The board took action to improve transparency in the municipal bond market during its three-day meeting.
CFA Institute poll calls for rating reform
Investors, brokers and analysts believe the current bond-rating system should be reformed.
Munis take soft hit despite ARS woes
Second-quarter volume of long-term muni bonds totaled $226.3 billion, a 1.3% drop from the same period last year.
Bond insurers try to erase insurance
Bond insurers are in talks with banks, looking to wipe away some $125 billion of insurance on debt securities.
Bill would curtail separate muni ratings
Legislation that would require municipal bonds to be rated similarly to corporate bonds was introduced today in the House.
MBIA and Ambac downgraded by S&P
The bond insurers are also facing downgrades from Moody's Investors Service.
MBIA and Ambac downgraded by S&P
The bond insurers are also facing downgrades from Moody's Investors Service.
Bond-rating firms to overhaul fee collection
The aim is to remove some of the power investment banks have over selecting which rating firms get paid to rate deals.
Nuveen gets infusion for ARS
The firm will refinance the auction rate preferred securities issued by its municipal closed-end funds.
Tax exemptions for bonds upheld
The Supreme Court has ruled that Kentucky can continue to tax out-of-state muni bonds, while not taxing in-state ones.
SEC eyes JPMorgan on muni bidding
A Wells notice focuses on the firm's "bidding of various financial instruments associated with municipal securities."
MBIA, Ambac Financial: Back to the trough?
One Goldman analyst says the bond insurers will need $3.4 billion each in added capital thanks to more quarterly losses.
Bond issuance on the rise, survey says
Net new issuance of Treasury coupon securities is expected to hit $47 billion in the second quarter.
Bond issues thrive in March
Last month, there were 791 new bond issues valued at $39 billion, according to Thompson Financial.
Muni bonds flee auction-rate securities
Municipal borrowers plan to pull at least $21 billion of bonds out of auction rate securities by May 1, Bloomberg reports.
Moody’s mulls rating change for muni bonds
The firm is responding to criticism that ratings firms underrate municipal debt relative to corporate bonds.
