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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The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, rose one basis point to 3.95% in the week ended Oct. 27 from 3.94% in the previous week.
October 27 -
Public finance and tax lawyer James McGettrick has joined Norton Rose Fulbright as an of counsel in the firms Washington, D.C. office, the company announced on Wednesday.
October 26 -
The Volcker Alliance announced on Monday that it will be conducting a study called the Truth and Integrity in Government Finance that is aimed at helping U.S. states improve budgeting and fiscal sustainability.
October 24 -
Gary Hall, national head of investment banking at Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., has become the firms newest equity partner, the company announced on Monday. Hall, who becomes the firms sixth equity partner, is based out of the firms West Coast headquarters in Oakland.
October 17 -
Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., one of the top municipal bond firms in the United States and the largest African-American, Latino and woman-owned investment bank in the nation, celebrated its 20th anniversary on Thursday.
October 13 -
Municipal bond traders are set to see some of the largest deals of the week hit the screens on Wednesday, topped by a $1.5 billion sale for Harvard University.
October 5 -
Top quality municipal bonds finished weaker along with U.S. Treasuries on Tuesday, traders said, as the first big deals of the week came to market led by sales from the Massachusetts School Building Authority and the California State Public Works Board.
October 4 -
Top quality municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, traders said, as the first big deals of the week came to market, led by offerings from the Massachusetts School Building Authority and the California State Public Works Board.
October 4 -
Municipal bond traders are set to see the start of the week's new issue supply come to market, topped by a big sale from the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
October 4 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were mixed on Monday, according to traders, as the market prepared for a hefty $14.23 billion new issue calendar.
October 3 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were mixed at mid-session, according to traders, as the market prepares for a hefty $14.23 billion new issue calendar.
October 3 -
The municipal bond market on Monday is preparing for one of the biggest new issue slates of the year, with over $14 billion of new deals on tap.
October 3 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds finished weaker on Friday as the market gets ready for one of the biggest new issue slates of the year, with over $14 billion of new deals on tap.
September 30 -
The municipal bond market on Friday was looking ahead to the biggest calendar of the year as $14.2 billion is slated to hit the screens next week.
September 30 -
The municipal bond market on Friday was looking ahead to the biggest calendar of the year as $14.2 billion is slated to hit the screens next week.
September 30 -
The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell two basis points to 3.81% from 3.83% in the previous week.
September 29 -
Top-rated municipal bonds ended weaker on Thursday, traders said, as the market saw more supply hit the screens, topped by Hawaii and Massachusetts issues.
September 29 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session Thursday, traders said, as the market saw more supply hit the screens, topped by Hawaii and Massachusetts issues.
September 29 -
The municipal bond market is set to see more supply hit the screens on Thursday, topped by Hawaii and Massachusetts issues.
September 29 -
Top-quality municipal bonds finished mostly steady on Wednesday, according to traders, as a hefty amount of new supply hit the market.
September 28
