Capital markets

The rating agency cited an easing of the state's fiscal challenges for lifting the outlook on the state's Aa2 rating to stable from negative.

S&P Global Ratings released a report this week warning that the credit trajectory of the Chicago Board of Education will hinge on several contested factors.

George Joseph McLiney, Jr. founded municipal bond underwriting firm McLiney and Company. He was devoted to his family and small issuer clients.

JoAnne Carter, managing director and president of PFM, will succeed Hartman as CEO.

The Aloha State received three rating affirmations as it prepares to sell $750 million of taxable general obligation bonds.

KBRA has placed Chicago's general obligation bond rating on watch for downgrade as the City Council prepares to vote tomorrow on a proposed property tax increase.

The University of Texas at Austin's Center on Municipal Capital Markets will provide graduate and continuing education programs, research reports, and public outreach.

"If the GOP wins the House, the specter of risk to the municipal bond tax-exemption will increase," said Edwin Oswald, a tax partner at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in Washington D.C.

The Philadelphia-based university straddles the higher education and healthcare sectors, but market demand suggests it's greater than the sum of its parts.

Observers say the decision may be a credit positive for the financially struggling utility

Wittstruck takes over the S&P role previously held by Robin Prunty, who retired in August.

Oppenheimer's Head of Public Finance Beth Coolidge and Columbus Auditor Megan Kilgore delve into the future of public finance and human infrastructure on a wide range of topics, from affordable housing and workforce development to public health, climate resiliency, and digital access.

The deal was the latest billion-dollar-plus transaction for one of the P3 airport terminal projects at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Several macro trends have converged to drive growth in municipal bond issuance, said participants at The Bond Buyer's California Public Finance conference.

Vales is currently a director for fixed-income focused broker-dealer InspereX and an independent trustee for the Axonic Funds, having previously served as the CEO of electronic trading platform TMC Bonds, which ICE acquired in 2019.

Build America Mutual insured the majority of the maturities in the West Contra Costa Unified School District GO deal.

The downgrade affects $2.1 billion in bond debt and extends to its utility debt.

San Francisco's slow recovery from the pandemic and continued financial pressures drove the downgrade, Moody's analysts said.

More project finance deals are part of FHN Financial's plans to grow its municipal finance business.

As technology options grow, firms are looking for ways to streamline and scale workflows.