Investments

Investors added $672.3 million to municipal bond mutual funds in the week ended Wednesday, following $590.4 million of inflows the prior week, according to LSEG Lipper data.

The Civic Federation and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago co-hosted an event on Wednesday titled "Taxing Times, Smarter Strategies."

"We are expecting a lot of interest in the offering next week," said Geoff Urbina, managing director, KeyBanc Capital Markets Public Finance.

Differences between the Senate and House versions of the bill, which targeted cities and counties, could not be resolved.

Ketner is Baird's second hire in the higher education and nonprofit sectors in the last 30 days.

A injunction blocked the service cuts that would have balanced SEPTA's budget. 

The marquee project of many funded by next week's bond sale is the widening of the airport's Concourse D and the building of a Delta Sky Club lounge above it. 

Looking solely at internal factors, "the municipal market itself is still doing well, reasonably via the temporary drop in new issue supply amid a more lasting reduction in reinvestment flows," said Matt Fabian, a partner at Municipal Market Analytics.

The bill enjoys the support of local government and public utility groups.

BondLink's client issuers reached over $500 billion in bond sales while working with the municipal bond platform.