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Office of Municipal Securities
The Office of Municipal Securities, which is located in the Division of Trading and Markets, coordinates the SEC's municipal securities activities, advises the Commission on policy matters relating to the municipal bond market and provides technical assistance in the development and implementation of major SEC initiatives in the municipal securities area. In addition, the Office assists the division of Enforcement and other Offices and divisions on a wide array municipal securities matters. The Office works closely with the municipal securities industry to educate state and local officials and conduit borrowers about risk management issues and foster a thorough understanding of the Commission's policies. In addition, it reviews and processes rule filings of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and acts as the Commission's liaison with the MSRB, FINRA and a variety of industry groups on municipal securities issues.
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Current Events
Cases and Materials
Other Sources of Information
Speeches
- Opening Statement Before the Commission Open Meeting, by Chairman Mary L. Schapiro (July 15, 2009)
- Regulation of the Municipal Securities Market: Investors Are Not Second-Class Citizens, by Commissioner Elisse B. Walter (October 28, 2008)
- Testimony Concerning Legislative Proposals to Improve the Efficiency and Oversight of Municipal Finance, by Martha Mahan Haines (May 21, 2009)
- Remarks to the 2008 Bond Attorney's Workshop of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, by Erik R. Sirri, Chicago, Illinois (Sep. 17, 2008)
- Perspectives on Public Transparency, by Martha Mahan Haines, Second Internal Control & Fraud Conference of the Association of Governmental Accountants, Atlanta, Georgia (Sep. 11, 2007)
- Comments to the Tenth Annual Conference of Women in Public Finance, by Martha Mahan Haines, Chicago, Illinois (Sep. 29, 2006)
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Continuing Disclosure Filings
and Rule 15c2-121
Archives and Historical Information
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1The SEC does not endorse any particular product for complying with Rule 15c2-12.
http://www.sec.gov/info/municipal.shtml
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