Investments

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the chief executive officer of a Chicago-based advisory firm with lying to the California Public Employers' Retirement System and other clients about the amount of money managed by the firm.

Nevada, Wyoming and Texas received high marks in a Morningstar report on how their state permanent fund programs affect credit analysis of individual bonds.

ARKANSAS

ALABAMA

Table as of: 04/17/2013 15:57 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount

Volume numbers in the municipal bond market have shifted so far in 2013 to reflect a stronger start in new money issuance from recent years.

Philadelphia city officials have excluded the media from their investor conference, triggering objections from news outlets including The Bond Buyer.

CALIFORNIA

ARKANSAS

Table as of: 04/16/2013 15:23 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount

Moody's Investors Service last week downgraded to A1 from Aa3 its rating on Michigan Technological University, affecting just under $80 million of outstanding debt.

ILLINOIS

COLORADO

Voters turned down a tax increase to support $30 million of bonds to expand a community college campus in Hot Springs.

KENTUCKY

ALABAMA

Two large New Jersey revenue financings will make a grand entrance in the primary market with a variety of tax-exempt and taxable bonds this week, while a Texas airport offering may or may not have a smooth landing as it prepares to enter the market sporting a recent downgrade amid an estimated $7.22 billion of new volume, according to The Bond Buyer and Ipreo LLC.

Table as of: 04/11/2013 14:11 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount

ARKANSAS

ALASKA