EVENT POSTPONED: SEC Announces Conference on Municipal Securities Disclosure

THIS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.THE EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT A FUTURE DATE. The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it will host a March 10 conference to focus on municipal securities, which are predominantly owned by Main Street investors and help finance important public projects like schools, roads and utilities. The conference is entitled “Spotlight on Transparency: A Discussion of Secondary Market Municipal Securities Disclosure Practices.” The conference will bring together a variety of municipal securities market participants, including issuers and investors, to discuss the state of secondary market disclosure in the municipal securities market. Areas of focus at the conference will include voluntary disclosure practices of municipal issuers; buy-side perspectives of the state of secondary market disclosures; Rule 15c2-12; and emerging issues and trends in the municipal securities market and their potential impact on secondary market disclosure practices.