Commercial banking

An academic paper presented at the Brookings Institute's annual conference found that future wildfire risks are already having economically significant impacts on financial markets, municipal borrowing costs and vulnerable communities.

A new study indicates that the transition from coal to natural gas is resulting in deteriorating fiscal health in some communities and increases municipal bond yields.

A 2024 Illinois law changing sales tax distributions has ramifications for the fiscal cliff facing Chicago-area public transit agencies.

Daily report for July 23, 2025

Why more issuers are opting for the tender offer. San Francisco PUC's Nikolai Sklaroff lays it out for Bond Buyer Senior Infrastructure Reporter Caitlin Devitt.

There is a buyer base that is a little bit "skeptical" of longer maturities, but it's more of a retail response, said Adam Congdon, a director at Payden & Rygel.

While the cost of small trades is higher than institutional trades across all fixed-income markets, the gap is more pronounced in the municipal bond market.

The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has issued a billion dollars of debt to promote clean water. 

A group of local residents in upstate New York is planning to buy the shuttered Cazenovia College campus for $9.5 million.

Sandy Kaul is head of innovation at Franklin Templeton.

Amit currently works as Vice President, Underwriting Product Management, at Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA).

With more than 24 years of management experience in various Fortune 500 Technology & Insurance companies, Amit brings global expertise in product management, AI, and risk analytics to benefit the insurance industry.

He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and an Engineering degree, with majors in Electronics. He also has a certification in Intellectual Property and Global Dispute Resolution from Columbia Law School. Amit also serves as a faculty at Fu Foundation School of Engineering, Columbia University, where he teaches AI and Applied Risk Analytics.

He holds multiple granted patents in the field of AI that have direct commercial applicability in underwriting and claims optimization use cases. He also serves on multiple boards, including the ITC Advisory Board.