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Contact: Jennifer A. Galloway, Chief Communications Officer 
             (703) 797-6600
             jgalloway@msrb.org

MSRB INVITES MUNICIPAL SECURITIES INVESTORS TO EDUCATIONAL VIDEO SERIES:
DIVING INTO THE DOCUMENTS

Alexandria, VA – The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) today announced that it is offering a free six-week video series to educate municipal securities investors about fundamental disclosure documents. Each installment of the “Diving into the Documents” video series will be distributed to subscribers of the MSRB’s investor education email list. Sign up here. The series will also be available in its entirety in the MSRB’s Education Center.

“As part of our mission to protect investors, the MSRB develops engaging, multimedia educational resources about the complex municipal securities market,” said MSRB Executive Director Lynnette Kelly. “This video series brings to life the important information contained in a bond’s official statement and financial disclosure documents.”

“Diving into the Documents” will focus on the core disclosure documents that investors can refer to in order to make informed investing decisions. The series will also address how to find disclosure documents on the MSRB’s Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA®) website, the official repository for information on virtually all municipal securities.

Program Agenda

  • October 31, 2014: Why Official Statements Matter
  • November 7, 2014: What’s Inside an Official Statement
  • November 14, 2014: Where to Find Official Statements on EMMA®
  • November 21, 2014: Why Financial Disclosure Matters
  • December 5, 2014: What’s Inside Financial Disclosure Documents
  • December 12, 2014: Where to Find Financial Disclosures on EMMA®

Sign up for the MSRB’s investor education email list to watch the weekly video and access additional related resources. All videos and supplemental resources will be available in the MSRB Education Center, an online library of free, objective information on the municipal securities market.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) was established by Congress in 1975 with the mission to protect investors, issuers and the public interest and to promote efficiency, competition and capital formation. MSRB is a private, self-regulatory organization governed by an independent board of directors with market knowledge and expertise. MSRB does not receive federal appropriations and is funded primarily through fees paid by regulated entities. MSRB is overseen by Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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