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National Public Finance Guarantee says that hedge funds profited from their participation in mediation sessions on central government Puerto Rico bonds.
October 6 -
There are plenty of taxable deals on the upcoming week’s new-issue calendar while several large deals from issuers in New York will be in the spotlight after Moody's downgrades.
October 2 -
ICI reports another $2 billion inflow week while new issues fare well. High-grades around the 2026 maturity were trading in large blocks showing stability.
September 23 -
Secondary trading picked up somewhat while the new-issue market saw a large amount of taxables in the negotiated space while Pennsylvania competitively sold $470 million of general obligation bonds.
September 16 -
Municipals were steady to weaker, with yields up by as much as three basis points on the long end Thursday.
August 20 -
Municipal bonds finished out the month on a strong note, with yields dropping by as much as two basis points on Friday.
July 31 -
For the 10th week in a row, investors put cash into tax-exempt mutual funds with Refinitiv Lipper reporting a $857 million inflow.
July 16 -
Matt Boardman, head of fixed income for RBC Wealth Management, talks with Chip Barnett, about how the municipal bond market has changed over the past few months in light of the coronavirus pandemic. He talks about how the economic effects due to COVID-19 caused a "sudden and violent" dislocation in munis for over two months and how we’ve now returned to being a more rational and reasonable market and remains vibrant and strong.
June 18 -
New deals thrive and inflows continue as Lipper reports $1.2 billion into municipal bond mutual funds.
June 4 -
Taxable equivalent yields on exempts are close to converging into taxables.
May 21