The NYC comptroller’s report shows 80% of certified MWBE firms are still not receiving any business from the city.

The new GASB standards apply to Other Post-Employment Benefits, or OPEB, which mostly pertain to retiree health benefits, but also can include dental, vision, disability and death benefits.

To combat the challenge, many municipalities have turned to creating OPEB trusts to fund the liabilities.

Baylor Scott & White's planned merger with Houston-based Memorial Hermann would combine $5 billion in debt.

Piper Jaffray’s Renee Vancho discusses how the firm has altered its recruiting process in an effort to boost minority hiring.

Hiring a diverse workforce isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s good for business, according to panelists at the Bond Buyer’s Public Finance conference.

ProMedica is seeking up to $870 million in revenue bonds for construction and facilities projects.

Profits for New York City’s securities industry have climbed to the highest level since the end of the recession sparked largely by the 2008 global financial crisis, a state report said.

The top executives of FINRA, the MSRB, and some industry groups received total compensation of more than $1 million, The Bond Buyer’s latest survey of compensation levels at 23 municipal market-related groups shows.

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

The health organization will issue bonds that will fund a new headquarters in Roseville, California.

The rating is one level below Advocate's existing rating and two higher than Aurora's.

More than 100,000 residents are enrolled in the 529 program.

The firm is expanding its bond counsel practice in Virginia and the Southeast.

The ruling may trigger the renegotiation of almost all public sector contracts, though severability clauses prevent immediate wage and benefit reductions.

The decision could ultimately free up more spending flexibility for state and local governments by weakening organized labor in the sector of the economy where the rate of unionization is the highest.

Any change to the spending flexibility among governmental units that results from the court decision is likely to be incremental, according to Fitch.

The investment bank attributed the exit of 15 from the public finance team to market conditions and a strategic review.

The board gave up on plan to reduce paid vacation and sick time and eliminate Christmas bonuses, but gained a promise of island-wide at-will employment.

The financial health of Magnolia Regional Health Center, a 200-bed public hospital in northern Mississippi, has gone from fair to serious condition all because of an accounting rule.