Capital markets

Southwest Airlines' decision to enter the Hawaii market helped spur a positive outlook from Moody's.

St. Louis-based Stifel said it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Baum, including its municipal bond business.

The review of the final credit, Chicago's senior-lien water bonds, was resolved when the bonds were defeased.

The county in the New York suburbs received its second upgrade in two months after eliminating cumulative general fund deficits.

The insurer seeks at least $720 million from Wall Street firms that underwrote Puerto Rico bonds issued from 2001 to 2007.

Rasheia R. Johnson has returned to the firm where she worked before joining Mayor Jim Kenney's administration in 2016.

A review after the Puerto Rico special revenues court ruling led Kroll Bond Rating Agency to upgrade the Los Angeles Unified School District's GO bonds.

In the midst of a massive new-issue calendar, Equitable Facilities Fund will bring its first charter school deal backed by the Walton family.

A reduced debt burden following the completion of capital investments positioned Orange Regional Medical Center in New York’s Hudson Valley for a credit upgrade.

The parent of the New York Stock Exchange agreed to acquire the Merrill Lynch Option Volatility Estimate (MOVE) index.

Market concerns about Illinois volatility may ease with Fitch's outlook shift to stable from negative.

The rating agency moved its outlook for Illinois to stable from negative, citing budget progress and an April tax windfall.

Post trial briefs are the next step after the two-day trial wrapped up in Preston Hollow Capital's lawsuit accusing Nuveen of a banker boycott.

The rating agency cited the city's financial position and the effectiveness of Connecticut's Municipal Accountability Review Board.

The rating agency cited an on-time budget and a rainy-day deposit in boosting its outlook on Pennsylvania's AA-minus rating to stable from negative.

Top Preston Hollow Capital and Nuveen officials take to the witness stand.

Spendable cash and investments have nearly doubled since 2014, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded $492 million of bonds because of its revised criteria on special revenue debt.

The state brings two triple-A ratings to the competitive sale of $673 million of general obligation bonds.

As July winds down, muni issuance will be muffled thanks to the FOMC's monetary policy meeting.