Munis

Kroll says the use of rating ceilings can "subvert fundamental credit analysis."

The Central Basin Municipal Water District was downgraded three notches to Baa1 by Moody's, which assigns a negative outlook.

The Fairfield-Suisun school district will use proceeds to modernize its schools.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board named Gary Hall as its next chair and Edward Sisk to become vice chair. It also temporarily cut fees to reduce excess reserves by $2.6 million.

The audit could be part of an ongoing initiative by the IRS to examine refunding bonds, said a lawyer.

New York issues again dominate as the bond calendar dips to $5.3 billion in the new week.

Moody's revised the outlook on $3 billion of Chicago parks, water and sewer bonds to stable.

Trustee UMB bank claimed the bond counsel's negligence prevented bondholders from achieving adequate recovery in bankruptcy.

Municipal bond volume will dip to a more average 2018 level next week.

The city of Norwalk successfully executed a $30 million municipal bond sale to pay for city, school and redevelopment capital projects.

A motion for summary judgment by Indian River and Martin counties contends that the privately owned project isn’t eligible to use the private activity bonds.

New issues were well spoken for on Thursday as hungry investors with available cash participated in the largest deals of the week.

The district that runs the venue is planning a $974 million bond sale in the coming weeks.

Municipal bond market participants are seeing the last of the week’s healthy new issue slate hit screens.

The suit says the ballot measure fails to inform voters that it would allow charter schools to bypass local school districts for approval.

The MSRB's disclosure website has beefed up its data offerings with two new yield curves that are available for free.

With limited supply available, an analyst said North Carolina’s $400 million deal should attract ‘significant demand’ from investors.

Bond insurers and legal counsel battled for share of a smaller market as Assured Guaranty and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP stayed atop the rankings.

Will a lawsuit alleging a conspiracy in the VRDO market be dismissed early?

Changes the Federal Reserve Board made in 2016 to its Liquidity Coverage Ratio rules would treat munis more restrictively than other, similar Level 2B high quality liquid assets.