Tonya Chin

For the first quarter of 2013, both Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Public Financial Management worked on the most long-term municipal bond deals among underwriters and financial advisors, respectively.

In the second of a series of reports on how the sequestration will affect each public finance sector, Moody's Investors Service said the higher education sector will see minimal impacts in 2013.

In the latest residential mortgage-backed securities lawsuit, Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. is suing RBS Securities over a $1.15 billion loan securitization.

Loop Capital established of a new consulting practice for municipal and public sector clients, and public and private companies, spearheaded by Steven Sherman.

Attempts to reduce student debt will not likely have any financial impact on colleges and universities, Fitch Ratings said in a recent report.

Following Standard & Poor's downgrade of MBIA Insurance and National Public Finance Guarantee earlier this month, Moody's Investors Service has placed the ratings on review for a possible downgrade.

After its downgrade of MBIA Insurance Corp., Standard & Poor's has downgraded six MBIA-insured housing bond issues.

Independent K-12 schools retained credit strengths as they recovered from the financial crisis, but still face challenges in the coming years, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Following a year that saw more downgrades than upgrades, the rare "super downgrade" appears to be gaining steam among local government credits.

Gerry Leone, the district attorney of Middlesex County in Massachusetts, announced Wednesday that he will join Nixon Peabody LLP as a partner next month.

Moody's Investors Service said it expects to finalize its approach to making adjustments to the pension data reported by U.S. state and local governments in April.

Build America Mutual announced today that it has hired Jill Schmidt from Assured Guaranty to work in its eastern region public finance group.

U.S. credit implications remain uncertain following conflicting budget proposals last week, according to Moody's Investors Service.

U.S. Bancorp announced Monday that its subsidiary, U.S. Bank, has agreed to acquire Deutsche Bank's municipal bond trustee business.

The settlement between some states and tobacco manufacturers is a credit positive for those states and their related tobacco securitizations, Fitch Ratings said in a report Friday.

Two minority-owned financial companies have joined forces in a partnership to expand their businesses in the Southeast.

Assured Guaranty has added experienced public finance sales professional Bernard Bailey to its Public Finance Marketing Group.

Some market participants believe the recent outflows from municipal bond mutual funds could be a sign of the "great muni rotation," while others believe such a rotation is unlikely to occur anytime soon.

Fewer governors have been focusing on pension reform in their state of the state addresses this year, but most who propose reform follow through, according to Loop Capital Markets.

Financial advisory firm Frasca & Associates has hired two senior public finance professionals as managing directors in New York City and Cincinnati.