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Municipal bond issuers in the Southeast sold $40.7 billion of bonds in the first half of this year, a 6.3% year-over-year increase.
August 17 -
After a deal fell apart last year amid controversy over private prisons, the state returns with new underwriters and a traditional municipal finance structure.
June 22 -
Overall volume in the Southeast rose 1.8% last year even as taxable issuance plunged and refunding deals shriveled up.
February 23 -
Underwriter Cantone Research’s alleged fraudulent misrepresentations are tied to two defaulted bond offerings.
October 28 -
ICI reported $704 million of inflows, a $1.1 billion drop from the week prior, bringing the total to $76 billion year to date.
October 6 -
The lion's share of the deal is taxable, with a $20 million tax-exempt new money series; proceeds from the taxables will refund outstanding debt.
October 6 -
Ratios have moved into a higher, more favorable range, especially in the belly of the curve. The municipal calendar is building, led by taxables and refundings, after they dropped significantly in September.
October 1 -
Two other banks set to underwrite the $634 million bond issue dropped out of the transaction after facing pressure from activists and investors.
May 6 -
The state said it would continue to move forward with the new prisons despite Barclays departure amid controversy over the role of private firm CoreCivic.
April 19 -
The P3 taxable deal aims to replace the state’s old, dilapidated and outdated jails with more modern alternatives in a bid to ease prison overcrowding and provide new services to inmates.
April 14