In furtherance of these goals, NFMA’s activities include the following:
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An Annual Conference at which NFMA members and outside experts discuss matters of importance to the municipal bond market.
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Advanced Seminars, held at least twice yearly. These seminars focus on one particular and currently relevant topic of interest to municipal credit analysts.
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An Introduction to Municipal Credit Analysis, held annually to provide NFMA members and others the tools that are basic to understanding municipal credit concepts and practices.
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Recommended Best Practices in Disclosure. This is a series of publications, each of which promotes best disclosure practices for particular sectors of the market such as tax-backed debt or hospital debt.
- White Papers, which typically address disclosure practices for newer sectors of the market.
- Sponsorship of amicus curiae briefs when doing so supports NFMA’s other goals, especially the goal of better disclosure of municipal credit information.
- Testifying, when requested to do so, before regulatory and quasi-regulatory entities.
- Maintaining regular communication with regulatory agencies, industry groups, and other parties that are active in the municipal bond market.
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