News and Information from Bond Buyer

While October is typically a busy issuance month, 2022 is not shaping up to be as more issuers are sidelined by volatility. The primary market will see another light calendar in the holiday-shortened week.

As we approach a year since the infrastructure law passed, the discussion will center around the plans put in place to use the monies as well as what challenges and opportunities lie ahead.

The panelists will share the status update on the preparations underway and the impact on local governments and infrastructure in the City and surrounding area.

Lynne Funk, Executive Editor, The Bond Buyer; Shawn Dralle, Executive Director, UBS; John Stanley, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Our panel of issuers will share their insights into the current state of the public finance sector and the road ahead.

As cyber attacks continue to evolve and cyber insurance becomes prohibitively costly, the panelists will look to shed some light on what municipalities can do to mitigate the risk as well as understand the credit implications of an attack. 

Attendees of The Bond Buyer California Public Finance 2022 conference will have the opportunity to vote in a live market survey at the Los Angeles InterContinental on September 13, 2022.

Henry Cisneros, Chairman & Co-Founder, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

U.S. Treasuries saw more losses and municipal to UST ratios fell on the day's moves with the long bond valuation below 100%.

The new video-sharing app will combine social media technology with crowdsourced content to inform on all things investing, says founder Charles Qi.

Steve Genyk, head of middle markets, will assume leadership of the public finance team on an interim basis, the firm said.

The Sherwood school district in northwest Oregon had its issuer rating downgraded to A3 from A1 by Moody's Investors Service.

Ratings for Kansas have not changed since it was downgraded three times during the prior decade due to structural budget problems in the wake of tax cuts.

If Republicans gain control of the influential House T&I committee, expect investigations into the rollout and spending of infrastructure dollars.

Green bonds; Social equity bonds; Racial equity bonds

Chief Economist Dr. Lindsey Piegza will look at the current state of the economy amid the ongoing pandemic and what it means going forward for overall growth, interest rates and monetary policy.

Bids wanteds are on the rise, but a constructive secondary market showed a steady to firmer market in the past two sessions. ICI's latest outflows figure is the highest since June.

The consolidation of suburban and downstate firefighter pension fund assets is nearly complete but litigation is delaying the police consolidation.

The Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation closed an $85 million deal for schools in Johnston.