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REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR THE 38TH BOND ATTORNEYS' WORKSHOP

Registration is now open for the 38th Bond Attorneys' Workshop. This year the Workshop will be held September 25-27, 2013 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers.  The Workshop will offer 30 different panel sessions which will be both informative and timely, addressing matters of critical importance to the municipal finance industry. NABL Members receive the special discounted rate of $795 for Workshop registration. Join NABL now to obtain a membership for the remainder of 2013 and all of 2014 and the Workshop registration fee for less than the cost of the non-member registration fee! In a fast-changing world, you cannot afford to miss this Workshop, so register online today by clicking here. For more information and to register by fax or mail please download the 2013 registration brochure here.

Out of Spotlight, Tax Reform Continues

The headline-grabbing news out of Washington lately has been about many things, but not tax reform. That doesn’t mean that work on tax reform is not continuing. Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) is meeting one-on-one with members in an effort to move tax reform forward. The Senate Finance Committee released just yesterday another in a series of its papers on tax reform. The latest Finance Committee paper (available here) concerns tax-exempt organizations, including 501(c)(3) organizations, and it could have implications for tax-exempt issuers.  To continue reading click here....

Bank Loan Disclosure Task Force Issues White Paper on Voluntary Secondary Market Disclosure about Bank Loans

On Wednesday, May 1,  the municipal market’s Bank Loan Disclosure Task Force released its white paper regarding voluntary secondary market disclosure about bank loans.  The increasing use by state and local government issuers and conduit borrowers of private bank loans since 2009 has led holders of publicly offered municipal securities and their representatives and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board to encourage issuers and borrowers to voluntarily post information about bank loans to the MSRB’s Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA)website.  The paper, entitled “Considerations Regarding Voluntary Secondary Market Disclosure About Bank Loans” is available here.