Bonds

BondLink has hired industry veteran Bill Fazioli as its first ever regional director of issuer solutions. Throughout his 35 years in the industry, Fazioli has seen a lot of innovations over the years as an issuer and municipal advisor. He said the tools that BondLink can provide issuers and investors is that next big thing

Kentucky will benefit from $74 million in federal funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Actto tackle the problems created by abandoned coal mines. The announcement came from Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland at a press conference in the state’s capital earlier this month. “We have a once-in-a-generation investment to address these sites with

With a 75 basis point rate hike expected, analysts will focus on clues about the Federal Open Market Committee’s thought about slowing future increases. “We expect the Federal Reserve to raise the fed funds rate by another 75 basis points at the November meeting, followed by a 50 basis points hike in December,” noted Scott

As New York observes the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy this week, the Army Corps of Engineers has unveiled an elaborate flood protection plan it says will protect the nation’s most urbanized area from future storm surges that are expected to become more frequent and intense. The $52.6 billion design features 12 floating storm surge

Bondholders and the Puerto Rico Oversight Board reached a deal on the payment of Puerto Rico appropriation debt that was structured to pay 6.4% of what is owed plus some interest. The deal on Public Finance Corp. bonds was announced Wednesday on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA disclosure website. There is $1.09 billion in

A poll from the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California predicts Gov. Gavin Newsom will be re-elected and three state-wide measures — two that would increase sports betting and another that would tax the wealthy to pay for water and fire prevention — are likely to fail. Dean Bonner, a PPIC associate survey director and

Municipals were little changed to a touch firmer out long Friday while U.S. Treasuries sold off on the front end of the curve and the 10-year UST rose back above 4%. Equities rallied buoyed by tech stocks. Triple-A municipal yields fell up to two basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields rose eight

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is scheduled to close next week on a $700 million revenue bond deal. The Series 2022B bonds priced Oct. 13. Proceeds are destined for improvement projects across the 290 miles of roadway that make up the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway.  The scheduled work will include “capacity enhancements

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has approved a request for comment on Rule G-3 on professional qualifications that would add an exemption for municipal advisors forced to requalify their registration with a municipal advisor firm after a two year lapse in their Series 50 exams. That was approved during the MSRB’s quarterly board meeting that

On Nov. 8, voters in Chittenden County, Vermont, will decide on a $22 million bond measure local officials say is necessary replace the area’s aging recycling plant and to future-proof its waste infrastructure. The existing plant is technologically outdated, said the board chair of the Chittenden Solid Waste District, Paul Ruess, and straining to meet new

Muni bond issuers and auditors may be affected by the findings of a task force recently assembled by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, which is addressing issues related to identifying public financial peril. The task force is focused on the board’s Going Concern Uncertainties and Severe Financial Stress project. The goal is to solicit stakeholder

Municipals sold off out long in secondary trading while two billion-dollar-plusnew-issues from California and the New York City Transitional Finance Authority made concessions in primary pricings. Munis continued to play catch up to the rise in U.S. Treasury yields, though taxables improved Wednesday and equities ended mixed. Municipal bond mutual funds saw more losses with

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is urging the Federal Reserve to exercise caution as it considers another interest rate increase at next week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting. In a letter sent to Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday, Brown, who chairs the Senate Banking Committee, advised the central bank not to “lose sight” of its

Munis were mixed Tuesday as the secondary took a backseat to the larger primary that began pricing, while U.S. Treasuries whipsawed into a rally as economic data signaled the Federal Reserve’s actions are cooling the economy while equities improved on better corporate earnings. Triple-A yields were little changed to weaker by a basis point or

Securities firms in New York City saw their pretax first half profits fall 56.3% to $13.5 billion from $31 billion in the same period of 2021, according to a report released by the state on Tuesday. During the pandemic, securities companies reported record high profits, with the combined earnings in 2020 and 2021 of $109.3

Munis continued to see losses following Friday’s selloff as the 30-year triple-A yield topped 4%. U.S. Treasuries ended the session weaker across the curve while equities extended gains. Triple-A yields rose three to seven basis points, depending on the scale, while Treasuries saw larger losses out long. The three-year muni to UST ratio on Monday

With the University of Puerto Rico under increasing financial pressure, the full payment of its roughly $365 million in bonds appears to be under threat. The university has continued to pay debt service on its bonds since the 2016 passage of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act that set up the bankruptcy

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said policymakers should start planning for a reduction in the size of interest-rate increases, though it’s not yet time to “step down” from large hikes. “It should at least be something we’re considering at this point, but the data haven’t been cooperating,” Daly said Friday in

In May, Princeton University, a non-profit with access to the tax-exempt debt markets, chose to issue $300 million of taxable debt with a corporate CUSIP side-by-side with a traditional $300 million tax-exempt deal. That’s because the taxable corporate CUSIP bonds allowed it more flexibility with proceeds than tax-exempts do, a university official said. “The university

Florida’s unemployment rate fell to a near record low in September, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department and the state Department of Economic Opportunity. Florida’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.5% from 2.7% in the previous month and is now the second lowest in the state’s history and the lowest since October