Capital markets

The Little Rock-based firm added Matthew Johansen as a senior vice president.

The ceasing of casino revenue sharing payments continues to hamper the credit conditions of Niagara Falls, N.Y., according to S&P Global Ratings.

S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on the state’s general obligation bond rating to stable from negative and affirmed its AA-minus rating.

The organization chose Karen Daly, Emily Brock, and Lori Schreckengost to receive the annual awards.

Citi's assessment is conditioned on pension obligation bonds being part of a package to tackle the city's pension liabilities.

Municipal bond market participants are seeing the last of this week’s new issues come to market on Thursday, led by issuers from New York and Massachusetts.

Moody's Investors Service dropped Beloit College's rating two notches to Ba1 from Baa2.

Two of three sales in Connecticut’s recent bond offering set record retail orders, said state Treasurer Denise Nappier, while spreads continued to drop.

Volume was off in eight of the region's 11 states in the wake of tax reform and the end of advance refundings.

One of Baird's new bankers expands its presence in the Chicago region.

Moody's Investors Service raised the county to Aaa from Aa1.

Bond volume in the region fell sharply in the first half of 2018, though one expert saw the 16% drop as better than anticipated.

Moody's lowered the South Carolina-owned public utility’s bond rating to A2, and its bank bond rating to A3.

Municipalities had less need for borrowing to bridge gaps in cash flow and therefore curtailed their issuance of notes

The State Bond Commission barred the banks from upcoming Garvee bond deals, and said its action may apply to other state bond issues.

Northeast municipal bond issuance sank 11.7% in the first half of 2018 compared to a year earlier, reflecting a national trend driven by federal tax changes.

Chicago is accepting request for qualification submissions to supplement the members of its existing pools.

Studies of the pricing benefits of the two approaches have been far from conclusive.

S&P Global Ratings dropped the Ohio-based system four notches to BBB.

The rating agency assigns a stable outlook to the Silicon Valley city.