Press Releases

2008 Releases

November 18, 2008
MSRB Seeks To Establish Transparency Program for Auction Rate Securities and
Variable Rate Demand Obligations

November 6 , 2008
MSRB Requests July 2009 Launch Date For EMMA's Continuing Disclosure Service

October 28, 2008
MSRB Chair Ronald A. Stack's Remarks to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

October 27, 2008
MSRB Holds Quarterly Meeting

October 14, 2008
MSRB Announces Senior Management Changes

October 8, 2008
MSRB Announces New Board Members To Fill Open Seats

October 1, 2008
MSRB Seats Members for Fiscal Year 2009

September 24, 2008
MSRB Announces Document Submission and Real-Time Subscription Specifications For EMMA

September 16, 2008
MSRB Issues Statement on Financial Market Developments

September 11, 2008
MSRB Reminds Dealers About Political Contributions Rule

September 9, 2008
MSRB Names Leslie Carey Associate General Counsel

September 2, 2008
MSRB Issues Guidance on ARS Buybacks

August 20, 2008
MSRB Revises Exam For 529 College Savings Plan Dealers

August 18, 2008
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Announces Selection of Officers
and New Board Members

July 31, 2008
SEC Approves Next Steps in MSRB Proposal To Expand EMMA

July 29, 2008
SEC to Consider MSRB's Proposal to Turn EMMA Into a Comprehensive Source of Municipal Bond Information

July 18, 2008
Board Approves Market Transparency Measures

May 5, 2008
MSRB Names Jennifer Galloway Chief Communications Officer

April 21, 2008
MSRB Names Marcelo Vieira Director of Research

March 31, 2008
EMMA is Launched Today

March 28, 2008
MSRB to Launch EMMA on March 31, 2008

March 17, 2008
MSRB Publishes Notice Requesting Comment on a Plan for Increasing Information Available for Municipal Auction Rate Securities

February 19, 2008
MSRB Publishes Notice Clarifying the Application of MSRB Rules to Transactions in Auction Rate Securities

January 31, 2008
MSRB Begins Planning for the Continuing Disclosure Component of the New Electronic Municipal Market Access System, or EMMA

January 22, 2008
Bond Insurance Ratings – Application of MSRB Rules

2007 Releases

November 29, 2007
SEC Chairman Supports MSRB’s Leadership in Moving Toward EDGAR-like Municipal Securities Market Web-Based Disclosure Portal; SEC to Propose MSRB as Central Disclosure Utility

November 27, 2007
MSRB Files Proposed Rule Changes with SEC to Extend the Expiration of the Three-Hour Exception and to Require Underwriter Participation with DTCC’s NIIDS System

November 15, 2007
MSRB Proposes to Launch Web Portal Offering Free Public Access to Municipal Securities Market Disclosure Documents and Transaction Price Data

November 8, 2007
MSRB Publishes Guidance on Implementation of New Supervisory Requirements Under Rule G-27 and Files Related Technical Amendments

November 5, 2007
Statement by the MSRB in Response to the SEC's Decision in the Sisung Matter

October 16, 2007
Amendments Filed to Rule G-40 on Electronic Mail Contacts

September 25, 2007
MSRB Publishes Interpretation on Payments to Non-Political Accounts of Political Organizations Under Rule G-37

September 14, 2007
Implementation of Amendments to Rule G-27, on Supervision, Delayed Until February 29, 2008

August 3, 2007
MSRB Elects New Board Members

August 3, 2007
Board Elects Officers

July 19, 2007
Statement by John Lawlor, Chairman of the MSRB, Regarding SEC Chairman Christopher Cox's July 18, 2007 Speech Entitled "Integrity in the Municipal Market"

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