| 12/15/2009 | MU | Stone & Youngberg hires Erika Miller as new public finance associate
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| 12/4/2009 | MU | MSRB wants disclosure of contributions made to bond ballot campaigns
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| 12/3/2009 | MU | First Foundation names Alan Remedios fixed-income managing director
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| 10/29/2009 | MU | DWS: Munis have value, though 'easy money' likely finished; issuer finances could be a concern
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| 10/19/2009 | MU | MSRB approves bond ballot contributions disclosure, customer priority
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| 10/5/2009 | BKMU | Markit Group announces roll of LCDX, MCDX indexes into series 13
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| 9/30/2009 | MU | Advisors Asset names Philip Villaluz head of municipal strategy
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| 9/30/2009 | MU | MSRB gets SEC go-ahead for rules to accelerate syndicate, secondary-market account settlements
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| 9/24/2009 | MU | State Street Global Advisors launches SPDR S&P VRDO Municipal ETF
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| 9/23/2009 | MUSP | S&P launches index of high-grade variable-rate demand obligations
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| 9/23/2009 | MU | Janney expands capital markets with Chicago office and new hires
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| 9/21/2009 | MU | Stone & Youngberg opens Albany office headed by Jeff Hyman
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| 9/16/2009 | MU | MSRB considers mandatory disclosure of dealer-affiliated bank PAC contributions to muni issuers
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| 8/31/2009 | MU | Fitch names Eric Friedland U.S. public finance group credit officer
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| 8/27/2009 | EMHYIGMU | Markit Group plans to roll fives CDX indexes in coming weeks
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| 8/26/2009 | IGMU | MSRB reminds Build America Bonds dealers to note customer confirmation yield disclosure rules
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| 8/25/2009 | MU | Wells Fargo launches Wells Fargo Build America Bond index
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| 7/21/2009 | MU | Piper Jaffray taps municipal specialist Bell to join team in Denver
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| 7/16/2009 | MU | MSRB proposes additional disclosures through Electronic Municipal Market Access web site
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| 7/15/2009 | MU | SEC votes in favor of enhancing municipal securities disclosure
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| 7/14/2009 | MU | MSRB considers requiring more information on variable-rate securities
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| 7/14/2009 | BWMU | DWS' Condon: California default not likely; state's woes not spooking overall muni market
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| 7/7/2009 | MU | Stone & Youngberg announces four new hires in public finance, sales
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| 7/1/2009 | MU | MSRB launches full Electronic Municipal Market Access web site
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| 6/30/2009 | MU | Finra conducts sweeps to examine retail sales practices in muni market
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| 6/22/2009 | MU | Oppenheimer creates public finance department for municipal notes
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| 6/22/2009 | MU | MSRB considers mandatory disclosure of bond ballot contributions
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| 6/18/2009 | MU | Seattle-Northwest hires Lauren Foote as a public finance associate
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| 6/16/2009 | MU | MacKay Shields to acquire assets of Mariner Municipal Managers
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| 6/15/2009 | MU | Janney Montgomery hires Christopher Long, Timothy Kelly as directors
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| 6/12/2009 | MU | Treasury's Recovery Zone Bonds to aid state, local governments
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| 6/9/2009 | IGMU | MSRB gives reminder to Build America Bonds dealers to note political contribution rules
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| 6/8/2009 | BWMU | Financial Services' representative Jim Himes withholds support for 'some super-regulator'
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| 6/8/2009 | MU | Sifma conference panelists chart the way forward for municipal bonds
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| 6/8/2009 | MU | Municipal bond insurers make their case for a comeback
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| 6/1/2009 | MU | Sterne Agee announces four new hires in New York public finance group
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| 5/27/2009 | MU | Wedbush Morgan adds Thiel as California municipal syndicate manager
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| 5/22/2009 | MU | MSRB receives SEC OK to start electronic disclosure service on June 1
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| 5/19/2009 | MU | MSRB seeks SEC OK to launch new issue disclosure service June 1
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| 5/13/2009 | MU | SEC alleges that Wolfe & Hurst manipulated muni bids-wanted auctions
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| 5/11/2009 | MU | Stone & Youngberg hires Ramiro Albarran as director of public finance
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| 5/6/2009 | MU | MSRB delays start of new public EMMA system for issuer disclosures
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| 5/5/2009 | MU | Blaylock taps Aquacena Lopez to oversee expanding municipal division
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| 4/28/2009 | MU | Piper Jaffray announces three new hires in public finance, muni trading
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| 4/24/2009 | MU | MSRB says that Build America Bonds are treated like regular municipals
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| 4/21/2009 | MU | M.R. Beal chooses Bhanu Patil to be VP in New York public finance group
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| 4/16/2009 | MU | Oppenheimer's Fielding retires after 25 years at Rochester muni funds
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| 4/14/2009 | MU | Stone & Youngberg names Joanne Feld vice president of public finance
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| 4/14/2009 | MU | MSRB seeks to post voluntary continuing issuer disclosures on EMMA
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| 4/7/2009 | IGMU | BMO Capital Markets expands public infrastructure team
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| 4/3/2009 | CVDDEMHYIGMU | Sifma cuts number of early close recommendations to five days per year
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| 4/3/2009 | MU | Treasury details bond programs to help ailing municipal markets
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| 4/1/2009 | MU | Municipals primary may top $400 billion for 2009 in supply-demand market, says portfolio manager
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| 3/25/2009 | MU | Sterne Agee hires Carranza as assistant vice president in public finance
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| 3/23/2009 | MU | MSRB seeks to implement primary market disclosure through EMMA system
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| 3/20/2009 | MU | Nuveen taps John Wilhelm to manage four municipal funds
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| 3/19/2009 | BKEMHYIGMU | Markit announces roll of Markit CDX indexes
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| 3/13/2009 | MU | Sifma to terminate auction-rate securities indexes
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| 3/12/2009 | MU | Fed report puts municipal market at $2.69 trillion at end of 2008; household sector gobbles up issuance
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| 3/10/2009 | MU | Stone & Youngberg announces promotions in public finance, taxable sales
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| 3/9/2009 | MU | Newbridge hires Yannotta, Shaposhnikova in expanding fixed-income division
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| 2/27/2009 | CVDDEMHYIGMU | Sifma 'consistently reviews' policies, will announce holiday changes; traders favor current system
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| 2/26/2009 | CVDDEMHYIGMU | RBDA requests that Sifma stop recommending early bond market closings
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| 2/23/2009 | MU | DPC DATA finds hundreds of 'questionable' muni trades in 2008, links them to lack of oversight
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| 2/13/2009 | MU | Moody's to recalibrate taxable U.S. municipals, municipal swaps, changes to other munis on hold
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| 2/13/2009 | MU | Jefferies Group to enter municipal market with acquisition of Depfa First Albany
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| 2/11/2009 | MU | MSRB recommends federal oversight for municipal intermediaries, creation of muni czar
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| 2/9/2009 | MU | Ziegler expands health-care finance group with three new hires
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| 2/6/2009 | MU | Neuberger Berman muni funds plan tender offers, tender offer programs
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| 2/5/2009 | MU | Van Eck Global launches Market Vectors High-Yield Municipal index ETF
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| 1/30/2009 | MU | D.A. Davidson to acquire Ruan Securities
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| 1/29/2009 | CVEMHYIGMU | DTCC plans real-time trade guarantee for municipal and corporate bonds, equities
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| 1/28/2009 | MU | Muni yields are high, but ratings still suspect, say Deutsche Bank portfolio managers
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| 1/20/2009 | MU | Janney hires Matthew Levin as a managing director
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| 1/12/2009 | MU | Janney hires Welsh as managing director of municipal capital markets
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| 1/12/2009 | MU | National League of Cities gets recommendations for bond enhancement
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| 1/9/2009 | MU | MSRB seeks federal regulation for 'unregulated' participants in municipal market
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| 1/8/2009 | MU | Nuveen municipal funds to redeem $250.1 million auction-rate securities
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| 1/7/2009 | MU | Sifma hires Leon J. Bijou as managing director, associate general counsel
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| 1/5/2009 | MU | Testing now available on MSRB's Short System Web User Interface for ARS, VRDO transparency
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| 1/2/2009 | MU | MSRB asks for extension of effective date for proposed SEC rule change to enhance VRDO transparency
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| 12/31/2008 | MU | Outlook 2009: Health of municipals hinges upon economy, insiders say; retail interest may decline
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| 12/31/2008 | MU | Most Talked-About Deals of 2008
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