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Vivian Altman ascended to managing director and head of public finance at Janney Montgomery Scott in 2017, and is now one of four women leaders in the space.
March 25 -
Hallam will handle high-yield muni sales and trading, focusing on large institutional accounts at the firm.
March 22 -
The Washington refunding deal is built on an extraordinary optional redemption of Build America Bonds despite criticism from investors who hold them.
March 22 -
The extraordinary redemptions being used to call Build America Bonds "are based on a creative but flawed legal argument driven by the current change in interest rates," said Kramer Levin partner Amy Caton.
March 21 -
Citi's exit comes amid the larger trend of broker-dealers downsizing balance sheets, which can hurt secondary market liquidity, particularly in times of stress. Other market players are coming into the fold.
March 21 -
States' January revenues were down from a year earlier.
March 20 -
"The upgrades reflect our view of Louisiana's demonstrated commitment to improving and maintaining reserves above levels that we consider very strong," said S&P.
March 20 -
The deal announced by Mayor John Whitmire last week would end an eight-year-long impasse with the firefighters union and require $650 million of judgment bonds.
March 20 -
Laws banning banks from underwriting municipal bond deals because of their fossil fuel or firearm policies dramatically boosted underwriting spreads, a business group's study said.
March 19 -
BofA Securities is the latest firm to scoop up former employees from Citi, which decided to shutter its muni division late last year.
March 14