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.
- New York
New York City on Tuesday announced new selling groups for its general obligation bonds and securities issued by the Transitional Finance Authority and Municipal Water Finance Authority.
May 11 -
Top shelf municipal bonds were slightly stronger at mid-session, according to traders, as several large water and wastewater deals from issuers in Texas and California came to market.
May 10 -
Municipal bond traders are seeing the start of the week's big new issues come to market, led on Tuesday by several large water deals from issuers in Texas and California.
May 10 -
Top-rated municipal bonds finished mostly steady on Monday, traders said, as the market got set for more volume to come its way this week.
May 9 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were mostly steady at mid-session, traders said, as the market gets set to see more volume come its way this week.
May 9 - New York
The Municipal Forum of New York chose 45 New York City high school seniors to be Urban Leadership Fellows for 2016.
May 9 -
The municipal bond market is set to see more volume come its way this week, with the $7.9 billion calendar topped off by a big sale from a California issuer.
May 9 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds finished stronger Friday, according to traders, ahead of the upcoming $7.9 billion new-issue calendar.
May 6 -
Ramirez & Co. has hired Paula Dagen as a Senior Managing Director in New York and Michael Mejia as a Vice President in Los Angeles as part of its recent expansion efforts, the firm announced on Friday.
May 6 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, ahead of next week's $7.9 billion new issue calendar.
May 6 -
The municipal bond market was taking a pause Friday after seeing a rather hefty supply of new issues priced in the primary this week.
May 6 -
For the 31st week in a row, municipal bond funds reported inflows, according to Lipper data released Thursday. Weekly reporting funds saw $709.727 million of inflows in the week ended May 4, after inflows of $1.173 billion in the previous week, Lipper said.
May 5 - New York
New York City on Thursday announced new underwriting syndicates for its bond sales and those of the Transitional Finance Authority and Municipal Water Finance Authority. The city said the selections represent an increase to 31% in the share of minority and women-owned business enterprises assigned on a rotating basis as book-running senior managers.
May 5 -
Conning has lowered its outlook on municipal credit for U.S. states to stable from improving as revenue growth began to show signs of strain amid rising expenditures. In its State of the States credit report for the first quarter, the investment firm said states have started to ramp up spending after years of restrained expenditures even as growth in revenue slows.
May 4 -
Top quality municipal bonds were mostly steady at mid-session, traders said, as the market watched events unfold in the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Atlantic City.
May 2 -
Municipal bond traders are set for the weeks scheduled $8.17 billion of new supply, which consists of $6.45 billion of negotiated deals and $1.72 billion of competitive sales.
May 2 -
Top rated municipal bonds finished steady to stronger on Friday, according to traders, who once again looked ahead to a healthy new issue slate. Total volume for the upcoming week is estimated by Ipreo at $8.17 billion.
April 29 -
Top rated municipal bonds were steady to stronger at mid-session, according to traders, who they once again look ahead to a healthy new issue slate. Total volume for next week is estimated by Ipreo at $8.17 billion, up from a revised total of $7.25 billion sold this week, according to Thomson Reuters.
April 29 -
The municipal bond market is taking a day to digest this weeks beefy new issue calendar, which was dominated by large healthcare deals.
April 29 -
For the 30th week in a row, municipal bond funds reported inflows, according to Lipper data released Thursday, as demand for tax-exempts remained high through tax season.
April 28
