Cate Long

Should Municipal Bond Issuers be Required to Disclose Bank Loans?

By by

You may be surprised to learn that municipal bond issuers are not required to disclose bank borrowings.  I’ve heard numerous estimates that such issuers have outstanding bank borrowings in the $200 to $300 billion range, which would amount to approximately

…
Editor's Tweet | 1 Comment  
Editor's Tweet: Cate Long of Reuters Discusses Whether Municipal Bond Issuers should be Required to Disclose Bank Loans?

Should the SEC hire bounty-hunters?

By by

The majority of pundits and market observers have only tuned into the effectiveness of the SEC as financial market regulator since 2008, when the financial system nearly collapsed. So far, criticism has been relatively shallow. But when one of the …

Editor's Tweet |
Editor's Tweet: Is Professor John Coffee suggesting bounty-hunters to improve SEC enforcement? Cate Long of Reuters comments on the ongoing debate.