Special Program Root Tag

"I had the opportunity to work with interesting issuers and complex transactions early on in my career, which gave me a solid foundation to build on," Kevin Plunkett said.

Greg Shuman said he favors municipals for being a niche market, its blend of government policy and economics, the quantitative focus of fixed income as an asset class, and the complexity and evolving nature of municipal finance and markets.

"What I've learned is to do my best no matter what and always have internal goals for myself," Brittany Whelan said.

"I've always been interested in the fiscal health of a city or county, it goes to the health of the people really," Rob Widigan said.

Concerns about large unrealized losses on bond investments have receded since the spring banking crisis, but the paper losses have started growing again in recent months. The worries today are less about banks' survival — and more about how much their margins will get squeezed.

A Wisconsin county has sold more than $200 million of bonds for broadband provider Bug Tussel to provide high-speed internet to rural customers in the state.

AI will be part of a new tax-enforcement effort that will target high-income earners, partnerships, and large corporations.

The avoidance of one of the harsher economic scenarios is good news for banks, which are also contending with tighter profit margins and increasing competition for customers. But loan growth and credit quality could be at risk.

With around 30% of bonds trading near the de minimis threshold, a new study takes a deep dive into how the rule drives illiquidity as mutual funds dump paper that's approaching the threshold.

The top three trustee banks have an average dollar amount of more than $20 billion in the first half of 2023.

The top three co-managers have an average dollar volume of more than $5 billion as of the end of June 2023.

Breckinridge's Ruth Ducret discusses how her firm takes ESG factors into consideration into their credit and investment strategies, the market's vulnerabilities in the face of climate change and how transition risk is a real threat. Lynne Funk hosts. (33 minutes)

The award will be presented to Chu during Women in Public Finance's national conference in Washington, D.C. in September.

The Attorney General's office found the firm complies with a 2021 state law banning contracts with companies that "discriminate" against the firearm industry.

In other asset classes, there has been more transparency, activity and efficiency due to electronic trading. The muni market has been behind in realizing how beneficial electronic trading can be, sources said.

The Tax Cuts and Job Act will be up for renewal by the winners of the next election cycle

The state treasurer's revisions, which shrank the list to six financial firms from 13, includes Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo.

A federal initiative, focusing on states, and eventually, larger municipalities and authorities, that places a premium on enhancing transparency, is fundamental to improving the fiscal health of state and local governments.

New data indicates residents in high tax states are not moving to cut their tax liability.

A bipartisan bill would amend the federal law on federal disaster assistance by adding extreme heat to the list of eligible events.