Capital markets

Municipal bond volume is set to start final quarter of the year with a bang, with two issuers accounting for $3.3 billion,

The third quarter ended with a whimper, leaving year-to-date issuance 15% behind last year's pace.

Moody's boosted its outlook for the University of Illinois to stable from negative ahead of the deal.

Oklahoma's rapidly recovering economy and structural budget repairs led Moody's to boost its outlook from negative.

New Jersey's oversight has a strong, positive impact on the city's financial position, according to Moody’s.

The authority, one of the largest municipal bond issuers, will use the new benchmark to reduce its exposure to Libor, which is slated to sunset.

The competitive GO deal will feature five- or eight-year calls.

Moody's Investors Service dropped the Long Island county to Baa1 from A3.

The district will bring $75 million of new money and refunding bonds to market.

Lombard sold $3.9 million of unrated GOs in its first market test after reneging on a pledge to support bonds sold to fund a hotel.

S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Nevada's AA rating to positive from stable.

Alton still needs a long-term public safety pension funding solution, S&P Global Ratings said as it downgraded the city.

The Houston-based firm built by former Hilltop Securities bankers has added three key executives.

Commissioners made no mention of gun policies that led them to oust Citi and Bank of America Merrill Lynch from the deals.

Connecticut’s planned issue of credit revenue bonds is a “potentially terrible long-term solution,” says Municipal Market Analytics.

U.S. Bank’s Tom Gallo looks to the future after a five-decade career that has encompassed everything from pink sheets to the financial crisis.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Platte County after county officials talked about refusing to honor an appropriation pledge.

Legacy costs are crowding out programmatic spending, according to a report by the Citizens Budget Commission's Ana Champeny and Maria Doulis.

S&P Global Raings dropped Verity Health System to CC.

Raymond James plans to enhance its standing in Texas public school finance with the addition of Curtil Culwell, who was superintendent of three different school districts.