James Ramage

With tax season having passed, muni industry watchers anticipate the outflows to fade soon and interest beyond the front end of the yield curve to rise.

H. Sidney Holmes III, a senior partner in the public finance group of Winston & Strawn who served as bond counsel for some of the more iconic projects in New York, passed away last week. He was 69.

The municipal bond market expects an uptick in issuance for the coming week with total potential volume expected to climb to $7.39 billion.

The market saw outflows to muni bond mutual funds for a seventh consecutive week at $535 million.

Volume numbers in the municipal bond market have shifted so far in 2013 to reflect a stronger start in new money issuance from recent years.

Muni market participants will soon have a new tool to help them in the process for awarding bids in a competitive auction which will take call options into account in its calculations to find the lowest cost.

Great rotation or not, more money hemorrhaged from municipal bond mutual funds as outflows occurred for the sixth straight week, at $631 million.

Muni market participants will soon have a new tool to help them in the process for awarding bids in a competitive auction which will take call options into account in its calculations to find the lowest cost.

Marshal L. "Bud" Wilcox Jr., who for more than 25 years worked for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, most prominently as treasurer, died at 88.

DBC software, which is now used for structuring roughly 90% of the annual negotiated municipal bond underwriting in the U.S., said it recently filled out a client list that includes the top-30 largest underwriters by volume in the marketplace.

The municipal market has had a stronger week, overall. But it appears as though demand has yet to reflect that fact, with Lipper FMI reporting $278 million of outflows to muni bond mutual funds for the week ended April 3.

Eaton Vance moved one step closer to offering a non-transparent, actively managed municipal exchange-traded fund.

Municipal bond issuance tumbled for a second straight month on far fewer deals for less money. Long-term muni volume fell 12% in March against the same period one year earlier.

Demand for municipal bonds fell modestly for the week of March 27, as the market saw outflows to muni bond mutual funds for the fourth straight week, at $43 million.

A solid base in city and regional economic forecasting and planning laid an atypical foundation for Michael Brooks, senior portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein, to build a career in municipal bonds.

Automated programs for the bidding process haven't transformed trading in the municipal bond market as they have in equities, but they've been making noticeable inroads in the past few years.

Investors were down on the municipal bond market for a third straight week as $261 million poured out of weekly reporting muni bond mutual funds for the week of March 20.

After more than 50 years in the municipal bond business, Richard "Dick" O'Brien, of the regional brokerage firm Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas, is ready to step down and spend more time with his family … and his farm.

Municipal bond mutual funds saw outflows for a second straight week, at $133 million, as the market absorbed a large calendar with concessions.

Around $4 billion in volume barreled into a weathered municipal market filled with willing yet subdued buyers who absorbed Wednesday’s deals, though at incrementally widening spreads.