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Contact: Jennifer A. Galloway, Chief Communications Officer 
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MSRB TO MAKE KROLL BOND RATINGS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH ITS EMMA WEBSITE  

Alexandria, VA – The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) announced today that it plans to provide free public access on its Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA®) website  to public finance ratings from Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA).

“The addition of KBRA credit ratings to EMMA gives investors yet another tool to make more informed decisions about municipal bonds,” said MSRB Executive Director Lynnette Kelly. “The MSRB welcomes KBRA’s participation and support of EMMA’s goal to enhance access to municipal market information.”

The MSRB began providing ratings from Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s on EMMA in 2011. Read more about the ratings information currently available on EMMA. Ratings information from KBRA will become available this fall.

KBRA, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch are registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO). The MSRB has invited all NRSROs to provide their municipal credit ratings on EMMA.

The EMMA website is the official repository for information on virtually all municipal securities. EMMA provides free public access to official disclosures, trade data, credit ratings, educational materials and other information about the municipal securities market. 

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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