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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.

The new class of groundbreaking, standout Hall of Famers will be celebrated at a Sept. 13 dinner to close out The Bond Buyer's Infrastructure event, which takes place on Sept. 12-13 at The Palmer House in Chicago. 

Lois Scott inducted into The Bond Buyer's Muni Hall of Fame.

"It's very rewarding to look back and say I helped that educational process get done, or I helped this hospital get financed," Hill Feinberg said.

Our friend and colleague Yvette Shields will be among those posthumously inducted into The Bond Buyer Hall of Fame. Here are some thoughts about how and why we came to this decision.

"He just made a major contribution to the industry," said Jay Goldstone, a special advisor to San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, who was among those who nominated Schaefer for the Muni Hall of Fame.

Friends, colleagues, and industry professionals held Spiotto in high esteem as a consummate but humble voice in the municipal industry for his bankruptcy and restructuring expertise.

Unlike many in the municipal bond market, Frank Fairman's career has been spent at one firm — Minneapolis-based Piper Sandler — which he joined in 1983 as a nascent investment banker and where he has headed public finance services since 1991.