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SEC Chairman Gary Gensler focused much of his comments during SIFMA’s Annual Meeting on why he considers himself to be just getting the ball rolling on climate disclosures.
November 2
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Chuck Stavitski and Elaine Brennan of Roosevelt & Cross and Ken Bieger of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission talk about how the Canadian border closing due to COVID-19 affected upstate New York issuers. Chip Barnett hosts. (16 minutes)
November 2
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The board wants the bankruptcy judge to say recently passed law, which prohibits cuts to pensions, does not bar the board's plan for two major pension changes.
November 1
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Though monetary policy has been in the forefront, at mid-month the tone changed with global inflation outlooks and federal infrastructure and social package in flux.
November 1
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A new program would pump $5 billion of loans into the state's ports.
November 1
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The Treasury Department, for the first time in more than five years, will likely unveil a scaling down of its behemoth quarterly sale of longer-term securities.
November 1
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Texas voters are considering an array of local bond measures to fund projects for schools, cities and counties.
November 1
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The popularity of cryptocurrency may drive investment by public pension funds.
November 1
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A lighter, $5 billion calendar, heavy on healthcare, kicks off November. Most participants agree volatility in U.S. Treasuries will be a leading factor for municipal market performance. Uncertainty in Washington also isn't helping the asset class.
October 29
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The various increased federal support proposals included in the Build Back Better package could help the island's economy, which has generally been contracting for the last 15 years.
October 29
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The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board plans to request comment on its supervision rule within the next month.
October 29
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Key institutional players like banks and insurance companies may have less incentive to buy tax-exempt munis if the provision becomes law.
October 29
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The independent financial services firm will be bulking up its public finance business by hiring additional staff as it looks to Florida's West Coast while supporting its existing offices in Miami and Boca Raton.
October 29
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October has, on average, been the heaviest new-issue month of the year. Analysts said the lower volume, particularly taxables, was led by many issuers sitting on the sidelines, waiting for a potential package from Washington, D.C.
October 29
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Gov. Kathy Hochul's thrusts include the MTA Open Data Act; state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli launched a federal COVID-19 funding tracker.
October 29
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The city’s timing is good as long as market demand for municipals, especially higher yielding paper, stays on track, municipal bond investors say.
October 28
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Amid a flattening municipal yield curve and inversion of the Treasury market, new issues fared better than the secondary on Thursday as participants prepared for month end.
October 28
