Muni Think

The delay in Washington means state and local budget planners lack critical federal inputs until early next year.

The Oversight Board’s pessimistic assumptions add unnecessary confusion and complexity to achieving consensual negotiations with the island’s creditors.

Growth in SMAs and the increased focus on environmental, social, and governance strategies have increased pressure and competition for managers.

It is critical that financial players start to pay very close attention and start reviewing their documents.

It's more appropriate to visualize management fees as capital that is expected to be fully recovered.

A new algorithm is used to examine retail markups to determine the impact of the disclosure rule.

Companies that provide services related to construction, planning, architecture, engineering and technology will be the first to benefit but almost every industry sector will gain.

The split in our government may enhance chances of infrastructure legislation, dash hopes for Tax Cut 2.0, and leave the muni tax exemption at risk.

Those involved with financing such entities need to go beyond labels, and fully understand the facts that impact eligibility.

The municipal bond industry has been following the rest of Wall Street down the path to a cold world of statistics driven by algorithms and various formulas to try to perfect an imperfect product.