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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A large calendar this week should spark high demand, market participants say.
October 8 -
The producer price index saw its largest monthly drop in four years.
By Chip BarnettOctober 8 -
This week's new deals will price into a market that has seen declining yields as stocks and Treasuries have weathered market volatility.
By Chip BarnettOctober 7 -
Issuance using the new Secured Overnight Financing Rate has risen to $265 billion since the beginning of 2019.
By Chip BarnettOctober 7 -
The Big Apple was a big presence in the market on Thursday as it sold almost $1 billion of taxable and tax-exempt general obligation bonds.
By Chip BarnettOctober 3 -
Siebert Williams Shank & Co. will leverage each minority- and women-owned firm’s experience and industry positions.
By Chip BarnettOctober 3 -
Michael Ruvo, President and CEO of BondWave, joins Chip Barnett to talk about how the growth of data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence has enabled new trading insights in fixed-income.
By Chip BarnettOctober 3 -
Municipal bonds were on the move Wednesday as two big issuers came to market with over $1 billion of transportation bonds.
By Chip Barnett and Paul BurtonOctober 2 -
Muni yields were mixed as weak economic data pressured Treasuries and stock prices.
By Chip Barnett and Christine AlbanoOctober 1 -
Axxcess Platform announced Tuesday it will deliver portfolio management technology to HJ Sims.
By Chip BarnettOctober 1 -
William Glasgall, Senior Vice President and Director of State and Local Initiatives at the Volcker Alliance, sits down with Chip Barnett and Lynne Funk to talk about why states should bolster their rainy day funds.
By Chip Barnett and Lynne FunkOctober 1 -
Another big week is in store for investors with a $1B NYC deal waiting in the wings.
By Chip Barnett and Lynne FunkSeptember 30 -
Hard on the heels of SEC adoption of Rule 6c-11, Intercontinental Exchange said it would launch ETF Hub to bring greater efficiency to the ETF primary.
By Chip BarnettSeptember 27 -
Most of this week’s municipal bond deals were well received, according to Peter Delahunt of Raymond James.
September 26 -
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Senior Vice President, Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co.
By Chip BarnettSeptember 23 -
Muni vet Dana Villanova has joined Kestrel Verifiers as director of business development.
By Chip BarnettSeptember 20 -
Municipal bond yields moved lower in secondary trading as some big deals were sold.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanSeptember 19 -
More than 600 firms have adopted proxy access, a program launched under the comptroller’s Boardroom Accountability Project.
By Chip BarnettSeptember 19 -
Buyers and sellers also look at how transition bonds can help advance firm’s climate targets.
By Chip BarnettSeptember 18


















