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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Municipal bond buyers are seeing some supply hit the market on Tuesday as they look ahead to next week for the biggest deal of the year to date.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanMarch 27 -
As muni investors looked ahead to another week of limited supply, a report from BlackRock recommended taking a flexible strategy.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanMarch 26 -
Securities industry profits surged in 2017, as the the bonus pool hit an estimated $31.4 billion, according to an New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
By Chip BarnettMarch 26 -
The municipal bond market on Monday is eyeing this week's small holiday calendar of new issues, which is dominated by taxable deals.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanMarch 26 -
The veteran-owned firm hires Jon Welch as director of public finance, based in San Diego.
By Chip BarnettMarch 23 -
This week's miniature muni slate of under $3 billion means deals should have little trouble attracting investors.
March 19 -
The municipal bond market is facing two big challenges this week -- smaller-than-average supply and a monetary policy meeting of the Federal Reserve.
March 19 -
After back to back weeks of decent issuance, the primary muni market will get with a reality check of weekly issuance below $3 billion, thanks mostly to continued tax reform fallout.
By Aaron Weitzman and Chip BarnettMarch 16 -
Herman Charbonneau, known as "The Walking Encyclopedia of Municipal Bonds," plans to retire at the end of the month.
By Chip BarnettMarch 16 -
Supply plunges for the upcoming week, with Ipreo estimating volume at only at $2.9 billion, down from this week’s revised total of $5.0 billion, according to updated data from Thomson Reuters.
By Chip Barnett and Christine AlbanoMarch 16 -
A spate of deals priced, as investors put more money into long-term municipal bond funds.
March 15 -
More supply hit the municipal bond market on Thursday as JPMorgan Securities won a sale from a rarely seen New York issuer and Morgan Stanley priced a big Florida deal.
March 15 -
New York City Transitional Finance Authority was able to cut yields amid healthy demand for its $1 billion bond sale Wednesday, as a drop in CUSIP requests signaled the supply drought may continue.
March 14 -
Jefferies priced the New York City Transitional Finance Authority’s $1 billion of building aid revenue bonds and competitively sold $75 million of taxables.
March 14 -
Two New York issuers dominated the municipal bond market on Tuesday, bringing over $2 billion of new supply.
March 13 -
Two New York issuers are making their presence felt on Tuesday as they hit the market with over $2 billion in municipal bonds.
By Chip Barnett and Christine AlbanoMarch 13 -
Retail buyers got first dibs on New York City Transitional Finance Authority’s $1 billion of building aid revenue bonds
March 12 -
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority offered $1 billion of its building aid revenue bonds to retail buyers on Monday.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanMarch 12 -
Coming off the biggest volume week of the year, another steady batch of issuance awaits muni traders.
By Aaron Weitzman and Chip BarnettMarch 9 -
Municipal bond buyers will see a slightly smaller slate of sales next week as supply dipped from this week’s new issue calendar.
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