Connor Hussey is a reporter for the Bond Buyer. Before settling on municipal securities, he covered many facets of the finance industry, including private equity for Private Equity International and Private
Funds CFO, as well as tax for the International Tax Review and financial law for the International Financial Law Review. He has a B.A. in Economics and English Literature from the University of Maine.
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Panelists at the NFMA 2022 annual conference said they aren’t holding out for advance refunding to be reinstated anytime soon.
May 19 -
Issuer fears that ESG regulation will lead to disclosure trouble are overblown, the SEC’s muni office chief said Wednesday.
May 18 -
Governance is the single most important ESG factor in public finance ratings, given the impact of governance structure, Fitch said.
May 17 -
An MSRB analysis finds that trading volumes have fallen dramatically since the Great Recession, led by a drop in short-term paper, while trading surged at certain times of uncertainty and market dislocation.
May 12 -
A third of states lost population in 2021, a trend that is likely to continue and one that will have significant impact on the way in which state finance officials operate in the years to come.
May 9 -
The development could potentially affect the tax-exempt status of bonds issued for the school, though it will likely be resolved before that happens.
May 5 -
Norman Mineta was a transformative force in transportation policy, capable of building bridges across the political aisle.
May 4 -
Audit times for municipal bond issuers are on the rise, with the median reaching 164 days in 2020 compared with 147 in 2009.
May 3 -
The MSRB plans to issue a request for comment on its Rule G-14, in addition to publishing a summary of the comments on its request for information on ESG factors.
April 29 -
The city has received a notice from the IRS seeking evidence bond proceeds were used on the construction, rehabilitation or repair of public school buildings.
April 28
