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ICI reports a third week of $3-plus billion of inflows. Couponing is becoming as much a factor in inquiry as credit and issuers move to lower coupons in both competitive and negotiated deals.
February 3
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Joliet will finance new infrastructure with a mix of revenue borrowing and state and federal loans in an agreement that will bring Chicago $30 million annually.
February 3
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The appointment of Black as GASB chairman last year was a break with the tradition of having a former state auditor serve in the post.
February 3
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Dealers say increased focus on systemic pennying has decreased its activity, while others aren't so sure.
February 3
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The philanthropic arm of Siebert Williams Shank & Co. announced donations to support Howard University and Spelman College.
February 3
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Police agreed to defer raises in exchange for $70 million in overtime for three years and no layoffs.
February 3
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The $136 million refunding is also backed by the state's appropriation pledge; a political dispute over how to handle unclaimed property was resolved last year.
February 3
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Raymond James has hired veteran municipal banker Jim Tricolli as a managing director.
February 2
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The January sales tax report shows that Texas is recovering but still hurting on some revenue streams, Comptroller Glenn Hegar said.
February 2
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Rich ratios focus buyers' eyes on a primary market that simply doesn't have enough supply to keep up with demand.
February 2
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Sixteen investment funds are making an argument on Employees Retirement System bonds that could be widened to other Puerto Rico bonds.
February 2
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The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in Chicago's suburbs reopened over the summer, but isn't drawing enough business to cover a Jan. 1 debt service payment.
February 2
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The dealer group is concerned the SEC may provide another exemption for municipal advisors to work on private placement deals.
February 2
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Maria Doulis, named deputy comptroller, was vice president at the watchdog Citizens Budget Commission while Todd Scheuermann, assistant comptroller in the Division of Budget and Policy Analysis, had been secretary to Senate finance committee.
February 2
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A federal watchdog is looking into former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s decision to roll back the U.S. Federal Reserve’s emergency lending programs at the end of 2020, an issue that has become a point of partisan tension in Congress.
February 2
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Fitch says Biden administration comments that it expects to maintain higher levels of Medicaid matching dollars through 2021 will help states.
February 2
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A Pioneer Institute report cited “a persistent trend” of high-income earners leaving high-tax states for low-tax ones.
February 2
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Lee Igel of New York University's Tisch Institute for Global Sport explores what's behind the mad scramble among states to legalize sports betting. Paul Burton hosts. (15 minutes)
February 2
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