Markets

The government is also hoping an outside company will take over the Limetree oil refinery in St. Croix.

Morgan Fahy has joined BAM’s capital markets team from Citigroup.

Without the primary in play and a mostly muted secondary, triple-A yield curves were little changed, coming nowhere near the moves in UST with the 10- and 30-year falling five and six basis points as equities saw their worst day since May.

The school will sell $600 million of bonds that a third party verifier said meet green standards.

The commowealth is flush with cash but still managing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Municipals have been distracted by the robust primary market and that trend will continue next week when another large new-issue calendar greets investors.

Several strategists estimate the municipal market will be 50% taxable in five years if a direct-pay bond option makes its way into law.

RBC and two muni managers settled charges of flipping bonds in the SEC's latest action targeting abuse of retail order periods.

Refinitiv Lipper reported $1.3 billion of inflows and an increase in high-yield flows, marking the 28th consecutive week the fund complex saw inflows.

Illinois trimmed yield penalties in its latest sales tax-backed sale with spreads of 40 and 45 basis points on its 10-year compared to 89 bp three years ago.