Capital markets

Platte County's lawsuit is the latest turn in its efforts to shed its obligation to repay bonds for a struggling shopping center.

Sycamore Advisors taps muni veterans Dominick Setari and Chris Valentino to help build its Northeast muni business.

Fitch Ratings dropped the South Carolina utility’s rating two notches to A-minus and revised the outlook to negative, citing a legal claim by its largest customer.

Moody's Investors Service placed the school district on review for an upgrade.

Riverside is the latest Illinois municipality to be downgraded because of underfunded pensions.

S&P Global Ratings downgraded Oak Lawn to BBB.

Moody’s Investors Service lowered Clarkson’s revenue bonds to Baa1 from A3.

Chicago Heights joins the list of local governments hit with a Moody's downgrade becaue of pension funding strains.

Structural differences insulated Chicago bonds from the worst of the impacts of S&P's new criteria while dragging down the rating of Build Illinois debt.

Moody's Investors Service raised the city three notches to Baa3.

Moody’s Investors Service boosted the Town of Hempstead to Aa2 from Aa3 and assigned a positive outlook.

The muni market was weaker again Friday, as yields followed Treasurys higher after government data showed strong job growth.

Moody's Investors Service boosted the city to B2 from Caa3 and assigned a positive outlook.

S&P Global Ratings cut Build Illinois bonds after changing its criteria; the downgrade mirrors a Fitch Ratings action in May.

The $33.4 billion of issuance — the second-biggest monthly total of the year — did little to raise hopes for a fourth-quarter resurgence.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded LAX ahead of the deal, bringing the subordinate bonds to the AA-minus level across the board.

The Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency priced a $79 million refunding sale of Series 2018C taxable housing bonds.

The municipal bond industry has been following the rest of Wall Street down the path to a cold world of statistics driven by algorithms and various formulas to try to perfect an imperfect product.

Moody's Investors Service cut the outlook for the system, already rated at junk Ba1.

Municipal bond volume is set to rise in the last week of October.