The rock-bottom prices show the risks of a high-yield market where liquidity is famously limited.
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Under the agreement, the NBA's Thunder will play for at least 25 years in an arena that will be largely financed by a sales tax revenue bond sale later this year.
June 18
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A colleague called the Florida-based lawyer "an institution" in the public finance community
June 18
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Housing advocates are cheering the Senate's embrace of expanding Low Income Housing Tax Credits which ensures a volume increase and reduces a key bond threshold test.
June 18
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The FOMC's decision to "hold rates steady while signaling only two cuts this year was a subtle but powerful shift," said James Pruskowski, CIO at 16Rock Asset Management.
June 18
The steady demand for municipal bonds in high-risk areas underscores the complex relationship between climate change and financial markets.
Oppenheimer's Head of Public Finance Beth Coolidge and Columbus Auditor Megan Kilgore delve into the future of public finance and human infrastructure on a wide range of topics, from affordable housing and workforce development to public health, climate resiliency, and digital access.
As extreme weather events occur with more frequency across the country, Michael Gaughan, executive director of the Vermont Bond Bank, says municipal bond banks can help smaller communities deal with the effects of them. Gaughan speaks with The Bond Buyer's Lynne Funk on the effects of climate change and how the various levels of government can work together to address it.
The Senate needs 51 votes to pass the bill, which has already sparked opposition from moderate and conservative Republicans.
As the Senate Finance Committee works on the the reconciliation puzzle, attorneys, accountants, and doctors are lobbying for keeping the pass-through exemptions that provide a workaround to the cap on state and local taxes in place.
The tribal movement toward energy independence through renewable-powered microgrid projects has been slowed, if not stalled, by shifting political winds.
From elite universities to rural hospitals and ports, federal actions are shifting the muni credit landscape. IR+M's Wesly Pate explains how buy-side firms are reacting.
Photos from The Bond Buyer's Southeast Public Finance conference.
As Congress grinds through the budget reconciliation, fixed income market experts are eyeballing an uncontrolled national debt while dreading a heavy-handed response from the Treasury bond market.
BlackRock Inc. was removed from Texas' blacklist of companies that "boycott" fossil fuels, ending a three-year standoff over the firm's environmental policies.
The $44 million of unrated bonds, placed only with qualified investors, feature 9.5% coupons.
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"We expect no change to rates but [for the Federal Open Market Committee] to continue to signal that rate cuts should still be expected," said Cooper Howard, a fixed income strategist at Charles Schwab.
June 17
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The action stems from conduct that occurred from 2020-2023, FINRA alleged.
June 17
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White, who served as CEO of the financial advisory firm for over three decades before retiring at the end of 2011, passed away on Friday.
June 17
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Hillman is part of a spate of hirings deepening the firm's presence in certain regions and the transportation sector.
June 17
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K-12 public schools get a $55 per-student increase in the state basic allotment, while other funding is allocated to specific purposes.
June 17
