The MSRB’s current fee for initial registration under Rule A-12 is $100, an amount that has not been changed since its inception in 1975. During its fee review, the MSRB Board concluded that an increase in the initial registration fee from $100 to $1,000 was reasonable to help defray a significant portion of the administrative and operational costs associated with processing an initial registration.
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) announced in Regulatory Notice 2015-13 that it will be raising the fees assessed to its registrants (brokers, dealers, and municipal securities dealers (collectively "dealers") and municipal advisors (collectively "regulated entities"), effective October 1, 2015.