Welcome to the NFMA

• To promote professionalism in municipal credit analysis,
• Through our educational programs, to further the skill level of our members and to provide a platform by which analysts can exchange ideas,    
• To advocate, when appropriate, issues of importance to the municipal finance industry, and
• To facilitate the flow of information among market participants, especially in terms of better issuer disclosure.

• An Annual Conference at which NFMA members and outside experts discuss matters of importance to the municipal bond market.
• Advanced Seminars, held at least twice yearly.  These seminars focus on one particular and currently relevant topic of interest to municipal credit analysts.   
• 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.
• 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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