Finance

Bond buyers gave the $1.65 billion San Francisco airport deal a mixed reception on Thursday as municipal bonds were mostly stronger.

Moody’s Investor’s Service said the shutdown “has had minimal impact on municipal credits,’’ but warned that “economic disruption will grow as the shutdown lingers.”

The $551 million issue wraps up a nearly $3 billion program; $7.7 billion of proposed pension obligation bonds rely on similar structure

The public accounting and advisory firm moves into the municipal advisor space by combining with Springsted, Inc. and Umbaugh and Associates.

Peter DeGroot of JPMorgan takes a deep dive into what's in store for the municipal market in 2019. He's forecasting $375 billion of supply as SMAs take on a greater role in the market. He looks at primary versus secondary pricing and revenue bonds versus GOs. John Hallacy is host.

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority was able to increase the size of its deal by half.

The bill would require at least one gender diverse and one racially or ethnically diverse candidate to be interviewed for Fed regional bank president vacancies.

Transportation deals from New Jersey and Florida along with sales from Trinity Health and Indiana drew market attention Wednesday.

Strategists sang the praises of munis Tuesday as New York and Massachusetts led a pack of new issues into the market.

Investors, bond lawyers, and other market participants are grappling with how to approach the issue of climate change.

New York and Massachusetts issuers lead the day's big deals as new supply surged into the market.

Municipal bonds started off the week stronger ahead of $7.8 billion of new supply.

Emily Brock, director of GFOA’s federal liaison center, said restoration of advance refundings and increasing the limit on bank qualified debt to $30 million also are among the legislative priorities for 2019.

Morgan Stanley has hired the former NPFG official as an executive director of credit analysis within the municipal capital solutions group.

Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session ahead of this week’s chunky new issue supply slate.

The holidays are over and the muni bond market gets set to go back to work.

The House approved rules changes Thursday that include restoration of the so-called Gephardt rule that links passage of the annual budget resolution to a debt ceiling increase.

Alderman Edward M. Burke, who held sway over the city's bond deals for decades, resigned with key pieces of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's agenda still pending.

Municipals were slightly weaker Friday in sympathy with Treasuries following a robust jobs report.

The new office staffed by veteran banker Greg Vahrenberg will focus on Kansas and Missouri issuers.