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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The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has closed its second comment period on Rule G-46, collecting three responses.
March 16 -
The IRS has entered into a closing agreement with the City of Alpharetta following its VCAP request stemming from the sale of a bond-financed conference center.
March 14 -
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s request for information on ESG is an attempt to bring politics into capital markets, Marlo Oaks said.
March 11 -
Barkley hopes to get members back to educational events in person as well as adding younger members to the NFMA roster.
March 10 -
The MSRB's request for information on environmental, social and governance considerations in the muni market showed just how uneasy market participants are feeling.
March 9 -
“Many states are reporting revenue surpluses and rebounding economies, in part as a result of federal aid to state governments.”
March 7 -
Green bond issuance may offer no pricing benefit to issuers, but observers have noticed that the process of issuing a green bond often leads to an expanded investor base.
March 4 -
The MSRB’s annual fact book, released on Wednesday, shows that par amount trading volume was down 28% in 2021 when compared with 2020.
March 3 -
Recent federal laws have provided municipalities with record levels of funding, but may only have a marginal increase in the number of issuances.
March 1 -
Pandemic-related aid helped raise the proportion of state revenues coming from the federal government to record highs in fiscal year 2020, Pew Research found.
February 25
