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CALL FOR ENTRIES: MUNICIPAL SECURITIES REGULATION ESSAY COMPETITION

Alexandria, VA- In conjunction with the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) is inviting submissions to a writing competition on municipal securities regulation sponsored by the Society. The winning essay will be part of the Society’s Gallery on Municipal Securities Regulation, opening in 2015.

The writing competition is open to all visitors to the Society’s virtual museum and archive at www.sechistorical.org. The writing award will recognize an essay on any area of municipal securities regulation and will become part of the MSRB’s gallery, opening December 1, 2015. The MSRB will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2015.

The award recipient will receive a $5,000 prize. The submission deadline for essays is December 31, 2014. View complete entry guidelines.

The SEC Historical Society shares, preserves and advances knowledge of the history of financial regulation. The Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, independent of and separate from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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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