| 12/12/2008 | MU | Eaton Vance Municipal to redeem $10 million auction preferreds
|
| 12/11/2008 | IGMU | Markit municipal MCDX trading wider than high grade CDX.NA.IG index for first time
|
| 12/11/2008 | MU | Fed report puts municipal market at $2.67 trillion in third quarter; purchases by commercial banks surge
|
| 12/10/2008 | MU | Pimco names John Cummings as portfolio manager of municipal funds
|
| 12/8/2008 | MU | MSRB gets nod from SEC to establish electronic disclosure system in 2009
|
| 12/3/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIGMU | SEC approves measures to strengthen oversight of rating agencies
|
| 12/1/2008 | MU | Pimco municipal income funds delay dividends, may look to redeem some auction-rate preferreds
|
| 11/26/2008 | MU | Pimco California Municipal Income Fund II may postpone next monthly common share dividends
|
| 11/18/2008 | MU | MSRB proposes transparency system for auction-rate securities, VRDOs to SEC
|
| 11/14/2008 | MU | Eaton Vance Insured Florida fund to redeem $4 million auction preferreds
|
| 11/12/2008 | MU | Janney names Kevin T. Lynch as a municipal credit analyst
|
| 11/7/2008 | MU | Barclays launches iShares S&P Short Term National Municipal Bond ETF
|
| 11/6/2008 | MU | MSRB requests SEC approval of operational date for proposed municipals disclosure service
|
| 10/30/2008 | MU | Putnam Investments to merge two closed-end funds into open-end funds
|
| 10/28/2008 | MU | Delaware Investments' Colorado, Minnesota closed-end funds to redeem preferreds
|
| 10/28/2008 | MU | BlackRock Insured Municipal Term Trust to redeem $50 million auction-rate preferreds
|
| 10/24/2008 | MU | BNY Mellon Wealth Management launches new municipal bond strategy
|
| 10/24/2008 | MU | Van Eck Global shortens names of Market Vectors municipal ETFs
|
| 10/21/2008 | MU | New York Insurance licenses Municipal and Infrastructure Assurance as new bond insurer
|
| 10/21/2008 | MU | Delaware Investments closed-end funds to redeem preferreds
|
| 10/21/2008 | MU | House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to hold hearing Wednesday on rating agencies
|
| 10/14/2008 | MU | MSRB appoints Janet Eakes as chief operating officer
|
| 10/6/2008 | EMHYIGMU | Markit CDX indexes roll
|
| 10/1/2008 | MU | MSRB seats new board members; Goldman's status forces resignations of bank representatives
|
| 9/29/2008 | MU | Ten Morgan Stanley Closed-End Funds to redeem 20% of auction-rate preferreds
|
| 9/26/2008 | MU | Landscape of municipal market still uncertain following Lehman, Merrill crises
|
| 9/24/2008 | MU | MSRB releases draft specs on new bond information system
|
| 9/17/2008 | MU | Sifma creates bond purchase agreement draft as guide
|
| 9/15/2008 | MU | BlackRock makes investment policy changes for 22 closed-end funds; changes seven Florida funds names
|
| 9/12/2008 | MU | DWS Municipal Income Trust Fund to redeem $66.25 million remarketed preferreds
|
| 9/11/2008 | MU | UBS funds to redeem $60 million in auction-rate shares
|
| 9/8/2008 | MU | Piper Jaffray opens Connecticut office to expand East Coast presence, hires away Wachovia director
|
| 9/2/2008 | MU | DPC study finds delinquency in annual disclosures involving more than $348 billion in bonds
|
| 8/27/2008 | MU | MBIA to reinsure $184 billion in FGIC public finance policies
|
| 8/22/2008 | MU | Morgan Stanley Municipal Closed-End Funds to redeem $56.85 million auction-rate preferreds
|
| 8/21/2008 | MU | Van Kampen Trust changes policy to allow investments in munis insured by lower-rated insurers
|
| 8/18/2008 | MU | Evergreen Investments shuffles municipal bond group employees
|
| 8/18/2008 | MU | Municipal Securities board selects officers, members, names Lehman's Ronald Stack chairman
|
| 8/12/2008 | MU | M&T Bank hires municipal bond specialist team from Ferris, Baker Watts
|
| 8/5/2008 | MU | Stone & Youngberg hires former RBC exec Jeffrey Parker as vice president
|
| 7/30/2008 | MU | SEC votes to allow free internet access to municipal bond financial information
|
| 7/29/2008 | MU | MSRB files proposal with SEC to make EMMA website sole source for continuing disclosure documents
|
| 7/24/2008 | MU | Janney hires Foard and Kozlik to focus on municipal finance
|
| 7/24/2008 | MU | Stifel hires former Wachovia employees to focus on public finance
|
| 7/23/2008 | MU | Investment Grade Municipal, Insured Municipal income funds to partially redeem auction preferred shares
|
| 7/23/2008 | MU | MFS to partially redeem auction preferred shares of two closed-end funds
|
| 7/21/2008 | MU | Piper Jaffray adds 3 California public finance bankers
|
| 7/18/2008 | MU | MSRB approves plan for more disclosure on auction and variable-rate bonds
|
| 7/17/2008 | MU | Seligman Select Municipal Fund strikes policy to invest heavily in insured or triple-A bonds
|
| 7/17/2008 | MU | Nollenberger adds Massiello to public finance team
|
| 7/8/2008 | MU | RBC appoints five bankers to municipal finance housing practice
|
| 6/26/2008 | MU | RBC hires former Bear Stearns' bankers in municipal finance health care practice
|
| 6/20/2008 | MU | Legislation proposed to create equal footing on ratings for municipal, corporate issuers
|
| 6/17/2008 | MU | Government Finance Officers Association wants stronger statement on equalizing municipal ratings
|
| 6/16/2008 | MU | Stone & Youngberg adds UBS bankers to public finance group
|
| 6/16/2008 | MU | GFOA to vote on equal ratings for municipal, corporate securities
|
| 6/16/2008 | MU | Government Finance Officers Association to vote Tuesday on six public policy statements
|
| 6/11/2008 | MU | Nuveen Investments gains board OK to use tender option bond refinancing for auction securities
|
| 6/11/2008 | MU | Piper Jaffray hires UBS municipal bankers to expand California business
|
| 6/9/2008 | MU | MFS Investment Management considers tender option bond solution to refinance auction securities
|
| 6/5/2008 | MU | Fed report puts municipal market at $2.66 trillion in first quarter; households post fewer muni purchases
|
| 6/2/2008 | MU | NAIC offers substitute insured-bond ratings to insurance companies
|
| 5/27/2008 | MU | SEC censures, fines First Southwest over auction-rate securities sales in 2003, 2004
|
| 5/23/2008 | MU | MSRB requests comment on proposal to collect and display variable bond rates
|
| 5/23/2008 | MU | Agencies' timeframe on assigning ratings doubles from deluge of auction rate bonds
|
| 5/22/2008 | MU | Bond conversions cause backup at ratings agencies and force pricing delay
|
| 5/21/2008 | MU | Van Kampen California names three investment managers as co-portfolio managers of two municipal trusts
|
| 5/19/2008 | MU | U.S. Supreme Court reverses decision in Kentucky case over out-of-state bond taxes
|
| 5/19/2008 | MU | Wachovia names Phil Smith head of Government and Institutional Banking
|
| 5/2/2008 | MU | SEC gives nod to DTCC's New Issue Information Dissemination System
|
| 5/1/2008 | MU | Markit rolls out MCDX, a new municipal bond credit derivative index
|
| 4/30/2008 | MU | SEC charges Birmingham mayor, Blount Parrish with undisclosed payment scheme
|
| 4/23/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIGMU | Sifma ratings task force to formalize sector-specific research, consider current relevance of past reforms
|
| 4/22/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIGMU | Sifma creates task force to study current credit rating agency model
|
| 4/22/2008 | MU | MSRB delays effective date for dissemination service proposal
|
| 4/21/2008 | MU | BMO Capital expands muni capability by acquiring Griffin, Kubik
|
| 4/15/2008 | MU | Depository Trust proposes SEC rule change to improve municipals information dissemination
|
| 4/11/2008 | MU | Health care issuers caught in auction-rate crisis moving forward, says Cain Brothers founder
|
| 4/11/2008 | MU | MSRB seeks comments on requiring reporting of proprietary desk trades
|
| 3/31/2008 | MU | MSRB starts online muni market site called EMMA
|
| 3/20/2008 | MU | Fitch names Robert Grossman to lead U.S. public finance
|
| 3/20/2008 | MU | Nollenberger appoints John Greenlee as managing director of public finance
|
| 3/17/2008 | MU | MSRB seeks comments on plan to provide greater information on municipal auction-rate securities
|
| 3/17/2008 | MU | Morgan Keegan hires Gray for Atlanta office
|
| 3/14/2008 | MU | Thirty-seven companies named in municipal derivatives antitrust class action lawsuits
|
| 3/7/2008 | MU | MSRB to launch pilot electronic municipal market access system
|
| 2/20/2008 | MU | M.R. Beal hires Matthew Deane as a managing director in public finance
|
| 2/7/2008 | BKCVDDEMHYIGMU | S&P takes aim at bolstering ratings process
|
| 2/1/2008 | MU | Fitch releases statement about ratings of insured municipals
|
| 1/28/2008 | MU | Heartland Advisors gets cease and desist order from SEC
|
| 1/24/2008 | MU | Chapman and Cutler name McGree and Trofa as co-chairs of public finance
|
