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 Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority’s deal came in three times oversubscribed and was an important step in the Commonwealth’s return to the capital markets.
September 30 -
Atlanta airport bonds and a Puerto Rico housing issuer were some new offerings of note on Tuesday.
September 29 -
One muni bond sector that had been a go-to for heavier allocations was utilities, according to Kim Olsan.
September 28 -
Thirty-four more S&P 100 companies will publicly disclose the composition of their workforce by race, ethnicity and gender, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer said Monday.
September 28 -
The Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority will be in the market with almost $250 million of public housing project refunding bonds.
September 25 -
While Scott Stringer and Eric Adams now top list of successors to Bill de Blasio, the political dynamic may have changed in the wake of social justice protests and the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 24 -
Without more fiscal support, the outlook becomes murkier with the possibility of economic data disappointment and volatility in rates, and historically muni demand dampeners, Morgan Stanley said.
September 24 -
Breckinridge Capital Advisors’ Rob Fernandez, Director of ESG Research, and Andrew Teras, Senior Vice President, talk about how climate change can impact the municipal bond market as the country faces increased risks from coastal flooding, wildfires and drought. Chip Barnett hosts (24 minutes)
September 24 -
ICI reports another $2 billion inflow week while new issues fare well. High-grades around the 2026 maturity were trading in large blocks showing stability.
September 23 -
Diverse issuers from NYC to Texas to Chicago to Michigan to PA Turnpikes priced billions into the primary while the secondary again took a back seat.
September 22
