US - St. Louis has defended its decision to issue US$125m in municipal bonds just days after the chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) criticised the vehicle's outdated legislation.
In a speech to Californian investors on 18 July, Christopher Cox, chairman of the SEC, warned that laws governing the sale of these bonds dated back to the 1930s, when the market was considerably s...
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