Finance

The former FTN Financial increased its underwriting numbers in 2019 and parent First Horizon National merged with Iberiabank of Louisiana, adding more heft.

The muni market saw the last issuance of the week come and go; the front end of the curve were stronger than the long-end.

Huntington Beach approved a resolution to refinance up to $436 million of public employee pension debt with pension obligation bonds.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority released its annual Risk Monitoring and Examinations Priorities letter Thursday.

It's been a few weeks since the market has seen "normal" issuance, but investor demand picked up right where it left off before the holidays.

The Palmyra-Eagle Area School District says it will run out of operating funds in the next school year.

The Financial Accounting Foundation abandoned its tradition of selecting a state auditor to chair the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.

Four large competitive deals stole the show on Tuesday, including New Jersey's first general obligation sale in a little more than three years.

Bill Carabasi has 37 years of sales and trading experience in the fixed income and municipal bond markets.

California's I-Bank will be the conduit on the second set of bonds to finance construction of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

The municipal bond market started off the week adopting a cautious tone, eyeing issuance and world events.

Municipal bond buyers have plenty of cash in hand and will have various options as to where to put that money to work.

The New Jersey city received a Moody's Investors Service upgrade to Ba3 from B2 as it enters year four of a five-year state takeover period.

After what one analyst called the muni market's "most eventful" decade, investors are expected to be greeted by continued heavy volume in 2020.

The Lincoln-Way high school district won a Moody's upgrade to Baa2 ahead of a $23 million refinancing deal.

Municipals look to be well positioned entering 2020 against a strong backdrop of market technicals and stable credit outlook.

The authority approaches next week’s planned $2.5 billion of issuance buoyed by clearance of its five year, $51.5 billion capital program.

The state's budget and rating momentum may hinge on economic growth, which has not presented a pretty picture.

Looking back on the last decade makes one realize that we have come a long way.

The muni market finished out the last day of 2019 on a quiet note, with no deals priced and yields ending little changed.