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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Proceeds from the sale will be used to fund infrastructure projects in the city's $164.8 billion 10-year capital plan.
July 14 -
Mr. Wolfe worked at Goldman Sachs, Prudential Securities, E-Bond Trade.com, Merrill Lynch and ButcherMark Financial Advisors. He also led the Illinois Health Facilities Authority and had advisory roles for the city of Phoenix, New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. and Dartmouth College.
July 13 -
Treasurer Dale Folwell said the law protects retirees' money from being used for what he called Wall Street's "wacktivist" agenda.
July 12 -
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli urged state agencies to do more to protect water systems from cyberattacks as Moody's Investors Service said cyber risks pose challenges to municipalities across the United States.
July 10 -
"Recent months have been trying for investors," said State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, "and there is no doubt that challenges lie ahead, with concerns over a recession and potential interest rate increases, but the state pension fund is well-positioned to weather these storms."
July 7 -
The Florida Insurance Guaranty Association is getting ready to head back to the market next week with a variable-rate bond deal after successfully selling fixed-rate bonds last week to help fund claims from insolvent insurance companies.
July 5 -
Charles Treece and Azer Akhtar in Washington, D.C., and Jennifer Santangelo in Philadelphia have become partners at Ballard Spahr.
July 3 -
The $107 billion adopted budget for fiscal 2024 maintains a near-record $8 billion in total reserves but doesn't increase them.
June 30 -
S&P analyst Anne Cosgrove cited "Kentucky's commitment and execution to strengthen its budgetary flexibility and long-term financial stability."
June 29 -
Ted Damutz and Lina Santoro have joined Kroll Bond Rating Agency as directors in the public finance department in New York City.
June 29
