Investments

The school system, which has an AA underlying bond rating from S&P, was targeted by the Texas Education Agency for a takeover based on academic performance.

Municipal Capital Markets Group and CSG Advisors were new entrants to the top 10, kicking Caine Mitter and Estrada Hinojosa into the top 15.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will sell $977.6 million of water revenue bonds as it grapples with the impacts of January's devastating wildfire.

Technicals are supposed to become slightly more favorable into year-end, said Jeremy Holtz, a portfolio manager at Income Research + Management.

The city said it will take a wide range of measures to try to get through November and December without running out of money.

The one-notch upgrade to AA-minus for Oklahoma's flagship university was assigned to an upcoming approximately $160.7 million bond refunding.

Chicago Public Schools went to market this week with nearly $1.1 billion of refunding bonds in the largest municipal transaction the district ever completed.

Interest rate volatility and the Trump administration have municipal market professionals worried that funding goals won't be met.

Overall, the top underwriters saw minor shuffling in the first three quarters and no new firms entered the top 10.

The bankruptcy judge suggested Jackson Hospital and Clinic may be closed if it doesn't propose a plan of adjustment before the end of the calendar year.