The MSRB announced that it will host an educational webinar on May 7, 2013, about using MyEMMA, a free tool that provides customized access to municipal securities information available on the Electronic Municipal Market Access ("EMMA") website. According to the MSRB announcement, MyEMMA is intended to assist users of the EMMA website in managing the volume of information and data added to EMMA each day through customized alerts when new information becomes available for a particular security or group of securities. MyEMMA also enables users to save frequently used sets of advanced search

The North American Securities Administrators Association ("NASAA") is hosting its annual Public Policy Conference on April 16th at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. This year's conference features two panel discussions: "Retail Investors and the Markets: Is the Deck Stacked?" and "Cost-Benefit Analysis: Sifting through Fact and Fiction." Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) is delivering the keynote luncheon address at the conference. Other featured speakers include SEC Chair Elisse Walter and American University Professor James Thurber, an expert on campaigns and

The Washington Securities Division is proposing to update various provisions of the investment adviser rules, including the rules regarding financial reporting requirements, custody, books and records, and unethical practices. The proposed amendments would add new rule sections addressing the following: (i) proxy voting, (ii) advisory contracts, and (iii) compliance procedures and practices. The proposed amendments would also create exemptions from registration for certain private fund advisers and venture capital fund advisers. According to the related memo, many of these changes would make

CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton released ten principles today to help guide the Commission as it moves into a more transparent Dodd-Frank regulatory regime. Each principle is highlighted below. The right to reasonable Dodd-Frank implementation. While noting the need for Dodd-Frank to be swiftly implemented, Chilton stated that he would extend the Dodd-Frank compliance date for end-users to October 31, 2013, provided they made good faith attempts to comply. The right to legal certainty. Chilton noted the importance of providing end-users and other market participants legal certainty well in

The SEC has announced its agenda for the forthcoming Investor Advisory Committee Meeting.