Rating agency reform
I attended the CREFC After-Work Seminar – SEC Disclosure Requirements this week on the new SEC rule (Rule 17g-5) that goes into […]
New clients, expanded features and other fun
We have been jammed getting two new clients live (one Backshop license and one CMBS data user) and delivering major
SEC acts on rating agency disclosure!
I assumed the SEC wouldn’t begin making new rules on disclosure until Congress/Obama passed the financial reform bill. Wrong. Last
Senate moves transparency front and center
This week the U.S. Senate released its version of financial reform with a bill titled “Restoring American Financial Stability Act
MISMO focus for 2010
We had our monthly MISMO status call yesterday and started implementing our 2010 strategic plan. The group is focused on
Whistler!
I spent the weekend skiing with a group of industry guys. Our annual trip is usually in Aspen, but this
MBA in Las Vegas
I attended the Mortgage Bankers Association annual commercial real estate finance conference in Las Vegas last week. Attendance was about
Transparency: On the agenda
The CMSA conference in Washington, DC just ended and the transparency issue was one of (if not the) dominant issues
Press coverage of MISMO rent roll and operating statements standards
The commercial real estate news service CRE News picked up the MISMO press release and wrote an article about the new rent
Standards Released!
The rent roll and operating statements standards we’ve been working on for the past six months are finished. They are
