Ports enjoy some of the strongest financial medians among transportation infrastructure assets.
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Santa Cruz, on California's coast, was particularly hard hit by flooding in 2023. In addition to the the I-Bank loan, the city secured a federal loan.
October 4
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Public policy students will mingle with current municipal finance pros at an upcoming University of Chicago Harris School career forum.
October 4
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Enright's passion for infrastructure and complicated deals led him to the cutting edge of municipal financing strategies.
October 4
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Municipal investors can expect just shy of $10 billion of new issues from which to choose the first full week of October and the fourth quarter, led by a $1.5 billion taxable general obligation bond offering from New York City. Connecticut is bringing $935 million of general obligation bonds.
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The steady demand for municipal bonds in high-risk areas underscores the complex relationship between climate change and financial markets.
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.
Proposed guidelines for federal tax credits could undermine the effort to build a clean hydrogen market, critics say.
September's bond market news: The Securities and Exchange Commission fines advisors $1.3 million, Trump promotes a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, and more key developments.
With supply ballooning, reinvestment dollars at lows of the year, J.P. Morgan's Peter DeGroot argues the next few weeks could offer the best opportunity to buy bonds of the year – and possibly the rate cycle. DeGroot talks about this, plus potential impacts of shifting investor behavior on market liquidity, and what the upcoming election might mean for tax policy and the muni market. Lynne Funk hosts.
With the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's new amendments to Rule G-27 and the future of the tax-exempt status afforded to municipal bonds in the balance, there are many noteworthy policy developments.
MMA says some risky-sector issuers in the area hit hard by the hurricane may be pushed into technical or payment defaults.
The Ohio Water Development Authority planned to sell $400 million of new money bonds in addition to a refunding driven by a tender offer.
Litigation in Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah could determine bond issuance, culpability for defaults, or the constitutionality of underwriter bans.
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Florida's Aaa credit is a factor in all the upgrades, the rating agency said.
October 3
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A low drama committee may experience some upheaval if Republicans maintain control of the House following the Novermber elections.
October 3
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The audit comes as Republicans seek to cut funding to Amtrak's funding in the northeast.
October 3
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The SEC has charged Thrivent Investment Management for failing to comply with Regulation Best Interest's care and compliance obligation in connection with recommendations to retail investors in 529 Savings Plans.
October 3
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This surge in demand "is no coincidence — it's the result of weeks of relentless inflows, further amplified by the Federal Reserve's recent rate cut," said 16Rock Asset Management CIO James Pruskowski.
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