The MSRB examined potential causes of recent increases in secondary market customer costs for fixed-rate municipal securities. The rise in these costs, as measured in effective spread, reversed a consistent downward trend for over a decade.
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SIFMA and the American Bankers Association updated their analysis of an SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin, which sets out the required accounting treatment for the holding of crypto-assets by a custodian.
The DOJ issued updated guidance to prosecutors regarding how to evaluate the compliance programs of corporations undergoing a criminal investigation or prosecution.
A recent IOSCO survey of its research department's "Expert Network" and regulatory members identified various financial stability, investor protection and market efficiency issues. The results of the survey were contained in the a working paper titled: A Survey of Securities Market Risk Trends 2015, Methodology and Detailed Results, December 2015.