Investments

Puerto Rico governor signs measure for shift to renewable energy.

Municipal bond volume will fall to $5.5 billion in the upcoming week, with green deals from Illinois and Arizona.

The Illinois Finance Authority takes retail orders Tuesday on the $450 million SRF deal before pricing Wednesday.

After two months of gains from 2018 levels, municipal issuance sank 7% from March last year as the loss of advance refundings continues to take a toll.

Former college official Keith Borge was charged Thursday with defrauding municipal securities investors and concealing the school’s crumbling finances.

The massive New Jersey and New York agency announced a new underwriting pool for its plans to issue $8 billion of bonds over the next three years.

In the week ended March 28, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell to 3.87% from 3.96% the previous week.

If the ruling holds, analysts said special revenue bonds may have to be re-evaluated based on the general credit of the issuer.

Connecticut’s GOs hit the market on Thursday as municipal buyers snapped up the last of the week’s sizeable deals.

The House Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a May 2 hearing to examine the successes and failures of PROMESA.

Presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar rolled out her trillion dollar infrastructure plan, supporting Move America and Build America bonds.

Capital Finance Director David Erdman emphasizes that the Wisconsin's bills and debt service will be paid even if the state budget is late.

Villanova School of Business Professor David Fiorenza chats about renewed interest in the concept and where it works best. Paul Burton hosts from Philadelphia.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded one public electric utility and assigned negative outlooks to three after reviewing potential wildfire liability exposure.

A former municipal advisor accused of billing a city thousands of dollars for services it did not receive is now facing criminal fraud charges.

BondLink announced a new agreement that allows Fidelity Investments’ millions of retail investors to access BondLink’s aggregation of issuer data on Fidelity.com.

Fallout from a decision against Warwick, Rhode Island's two-tiered firefighter system raises red flags, says pension expert James Spiotto.

Rising passenger totals at Bradley International Airport prompted a bond sale to fund a consolidated car rental facility.

The tax-exempt part of the big Connecticut deal was offered to retail Wednesday as munics continued to rally.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill enabling municipalities to create utilities to manage stormwater runoff.