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Loren McDougall will help Birch Creek launch high-yield-focused separately managed accounts.

Municipal market professionals aren't confident that state and local governments will invest in resilient infrastructure over the next five years.

Municipal bond insurance volume grew 17.7% year-over-year in the first three quarters of 2025, according to LSEG, outpacing the municipal market as a whole.

Meanwhile, the Brightline West train project has floated a possible debt exchange ahead of its own mandatory redemption later this month.

As climate and cybersecurity risks intensify, Jeff Lipton argues it's time for the legal community to lead a new era of municipal disclosure — tightening language, clarifying exposures, and ensuring investor confidence.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will sell $977.6 million of water revenue bonds as it grapples with the impacts of January's devastating wildfire.

Interest rate volatility and the Trump administration have municipal market professionals worried that funding goals won't be met.

Jeff Lipton begins his role as The Bond Buyer's Market Intelligence Analyst with an examination of how evolving federal policy, shifting credit conditions and market inefficiencies shape municipal risk — and where disciplined analysis can uncover value.

Analyst and market strategist Jeff Lipton joins the team to deliver clarity and thoughtful guidance to a market witnessing evolving complexities — connecting policy moves, credit shifts and investment behavior to help our readers navigate what comes next.

The first part of exclusive research from The Bond Buyer finds that most industry optimists say funding needs will be met sometime after 2035.