Chip Barnett is a journalist with almost 50 years of professional experience. He started his career at the Gannett Newspapers in Westchester County, N.Y., working his way up from back-shop compositor to Senior News Editor. Barnett later worked for Thomson Reuters in Manhattan, covering state and local government finance as a Reporter and later Executive Editor for TM3.com and as Editor in Charge of Municipal Finance for Reuters News. Later, he was the Editor of Municipal Finance Today at SourceMedia. Barnett has also worked for DebtWire/Municipals and has written about commercial real estate in South Florida and the Midwest for both The Real Deal and Globe Street. Barnett is currently a Reporter at The Bond Buyer.
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Blow-back from the sell-side centered on the proposal's potential to drive up infrastructure financing costs and accelerate the departure of smaller firms from the business.
November 9 -
The last of the week’s big municipal bond deals came to market on Thursday as municipals wavered in mid-session trade.
November 9 -
Market participants are waiting for the last major deal of the week to price while also hoping for some clarity on the tax reform situation.
November 9 -
Anthony Felice, Daniel Boyle, and John Martinko, all service-disabled veterans, will take over the day-to-day leadership of the company.
November 8 -
Deals came in waves in the busiest day of the week Wednesday, with the market firming and most issuers able to lower yields.
November 8 -
JPMorgan Securities won the week’s largest bond deal — Pennsylvania’s $974 million of general obligation bonds. In secondary trading, municipals were stronger at midday.
November 8 -
Pennsylvania is set to hit the market with the week’s biggest offering — a $974 million competitive sale. Municipals were stronger, according to early trade data.
November 8 -
Bill de Blasio won a second term as New York City mayor after a boisterous four-way bout that ended as many had expected — in a landslide victory.
November 8 -
The first of the week's new issuance rolled in on Tuesday as strengthening municipal bond prices allowed underwriters to cut yields on some of the day’s larger deals.
November 7 -
The first of the week's new issuance starting to roll in on Tuesday, as top-rated municipal bonds were stronger.
November 7
