Caitlin Devitt has covered the municipal bond market since 2008. She began her journalism career at the Herald Newspapers on the South Side of Chicago, starting as a reporter and rising to Managing Editor. While at The Bond Buyer, she covered the Detroit bankruptcy among other Midwest-based stories. Devitt joined Debtwire Municipals in 2016, where she covered the high-yield municipal bond market for five years, before returning to the Bond Buyer as Senior Infrastructure Reporter. She lives in Chicago with her family.
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"The major question is whether a shutdown is going to result in a ratings impact in the municipal market, and the answer here is no," said Jennifer Johnston, director of research for Franklin Templeton's fixed income-municipal bond team.
September 28 -
Republican-led states sued over the rule, arguing in part that it would injure states like Wyoming that depend on tax revenue from fossil fuel industries.
September 26 -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the $202 million grant signals the Biden administration's commitment to "clean, electrified high-speed rail into the heart of some of the largest and fastest growing cities in California."
September 26 -
With class certification now in hand, the cities that brought the lawsuit have two weeks to outline how other municipalities will be provided notice of the chance to join.
September 25 -
Rai joins Wells as senior strategist after he was let go by Citi in June.
September 25 -
The long-time high-yield muni manager left Nuveen in April when the firm settled a contentious lawsuit with Preston Hollow.
September 22 -
The private equity firms accused the bank of concealing key changes to a credit agreement, in part because it wanted to win future muni bond business from Brightline Holdings.
September 21 -
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law gives the country "the best start we've ever had," in setting up a national bullet train network, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told a House panel Wednesday.
September 21 -
Loop Capital Markets CEO Jim Reynolds, Jr. said he would gladly pay a bit more for a muni bond that tackled gang violence in Chicago during a debate on ESG factors among market veterans at The Bond Buyer's infrastructure conference this week.
September 15 -
How to fill the gap left by ridership declines is the question facing transit agencies, said panelists at The Bond Buyer's Infrastructure Conference.
September 14
