Capital markets

Christopher Roberts joins the firm as a managing director, Joey Dierker as an associate director, Soledad Mancias as a municipal underwriter, and Steve Basset as a director.

Tourism Development Tax, sales tax, and Professional Sports Facilities tax and revenue refunding bonds were upgraded, impacting $628 million of debt.

Conference sponsorships targeting bond firms led Mayor John Whitmire to call for a probe into actions by Controller Chris Hollins, who denied any wrongdoing.

After the school board resigned, the rating agency put Chicago Public Schools on notice that it will watch how its tricky financial situation is handled.

After Minnesota's second-largest healthcare employer was downgraded by rating agencies, the Minnesota Nurses Association took aim at Allina Health's board.

Supply ramps up this week to an estimated $13.361 billion, with several billion-dollar pricings on tap.

Florida will use its own cash, not from a refunding bond, to buy up to $500 million of bonds tendered.

Pension analysts are calling for higher contributions even as financial conditions improve.

As the underwriter landscape changes, so does the competitive market.

Fitch revised upward its outlook for Marin General Hospital and affirmed its revenue bonds at BBB, and general obligation bonds at AA-minus.

The rating is a new milestone in the state's long road out of legislative dysfunction.

City Comptroller Brad Lander said he's optimistic about the deal, congestion pricing lawsuits and his mayoral campaign.

Enright's passion for infrastructure and complicated deals led him to the cutting edge of municipal financing strategies.

As managing director at Crews & Associates, Susan Reed aims to bring creative ideas and a deep well of experience to bear on challenges facing Indiana issuers.

With supply ballooning, reinvestment dollars at lows of the year, J.P. Morgan's Peter DeGroot argues the next few weeks could offer the best opportunity to buy bonds of the year – and possibly the rate cycle. DeGroot talks about this, plus potential impacts of shifting investor behavior on market liquidity, and what the upcoming election might mean for tax policy and the muni market. Lynne Funk hosts.

Disruption was on the minds of those gathered in Chicago last week for MuniTech, a conference billed as a magnet for the "tech-forward" in public finance.

"As September draws to a close, some dynamics may prevail in October but others could undergo a shift," said NewSquare Capital's Kim Olsan. "One aspect that will continue is the level of supply coming to market." 

Municipal triple-A yield curves closed out the week with few changes, valuations were little changed, but at attractive levels, and the forward calendar climbs to more than $10 billion to open the fourth quarter.

Ramirez & Co. continues growth plans with the addition of bankers in Texas, Florida and New York.

Matthew McQueen, Head of Municipal Banking and Markets and Global Mortgages within the Global Markets business at Bank of America, sits down with Bond Buyer Executive Editor Lynne Funk to talk about getting deals done amid an uncertain global macroeconomic landscape.