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Contact:             Jennifer A. Galloway, Chief Communications Officer
                         (703) 797-6600
                         jgalloway@msrb.org


MSRB CREATES INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO ABOUT EMMA
Tutorial Explains How to Find Information on the
Municipal Bond Disclosure Website

Alexandria, VA – The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board today made available an instructional video about its EMMA municipal bond website.  The video, which can be accessed here and at emma.msrb.org, provides an introduction to EMMA and a guide to municipal bond information available on the site, including real-time trade data, disclosure documents for bonds and 529 college savings plans, and market statistics.   

“EMMA is a powerful new tool that gives individual investors access to valuable bond market information that was once available only to institutional investors,” said MSRB Executive Director Lynnette Kelly Hotchkiss.  “EMMA is an intuitive and easy-to-use system.  This video will help new users learn what the site has to offer and quickly take full advantage of the available information.”

EMMA, which stands for Electronic Municipal Market Access, is the central electronic depository for municipal bond information.  EMMA houses information for more than 1.2 million municipal bonds and is available free of charge.  In addition to trade data and disclosure documents, EMMA provides key interest rate information about municipal variable rate demand obligations and auction rate securities, and educational information about municipal bonds.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) protects and strengthens the municipal bond market, enabling access to capital, economic growth, and societal progress in tens of thousands of communities across the country. The MSRB fulfills this mission by creating trust in our market through informed regulation of dealers and municipal advisors that protects investors, issuers and the public interest; building technology systems that power our market and provide transparency for issuers, institutions, and the investing public; and serving as the steward of market data that empowers better decisions and fuels innovation for the future. The MSRB is a self-regulatory organization governed by a board of directors that has a majority of public members, in addition to representatives of regulated entities. The MSRB is overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Congress.

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