Munis

A newly-published MSRB document is aimed at helping to reign in what the SEC has described as fairly widespread violations occurring at smaller municipal advisory firms.

Debt is being issued to refund the Karegnondi Water Authority's 2016 bonds and fund remaining pipeline construction costs.

The junk-rated district will be in the primary market for the first time since its November decision to end nearly two decades of state control.

The St. Joseph School District could be positioned for a new bond issuance in 2019 of up to $60 million if the Board of Education approves a prepayment on current bond debt next week.

School of the Osage School District voters will be asked in less than two weeks to approve a $23 million bond issue that will impact every grade level with an eye to the future.

North Augusta residents expressed positive support Monday for the Aiken County Public School District's bond referendum set for May 1.

The West Virginia School Building Authority's board approved Monday selling up to $48 million in bonds, which the SBA's finance director says are planned to be the agency's last taking on of bond debt to generate new revenue.

The authority is selling revenue variable rate refunding bonds.

The flagship University of Illinois saw A1 and A-minus ratings affirmed ahead of a $145 million deal.

The Alamance County Board of Commissioners is expecting a crowd at the Historic Courthouse when they hear about two proposed education bonds adding up to nearly $190 million.

The bonds were used to finance the acquisition and renovation of an assisted living facility in Alabama by Dwayne Edwards, who the SEC charged with fraud last year.

After back to back weeks of decent issuance, the primary muni market will get with a reality check of weekly issuance below $3 billion, thanks mostly to continued tax reform fallout.

Herman Charbonneau, known as "The Walking Encyclopedia of Municipal Bonds," plans to retire at the end of the month.

Supply plunges for the upcoming week, with Ipreo estimating volume at only at $2.9 billion, down from this week’s revised total of $5.0 billion, according to updated data from Thomson Reuters.

The House has approved similar municipal securities and Puerto Rico provisions, but has wanted more sweeping bank deregulation legislation than the Senate.

A spate of deals priced, as investors put more money into long-term municipal bond funds.

The newly updated Congressional Research Service report may be used as a resource by lawmakers if infrastructure legislation with private activity bond provisions is introduced.

Declining volume and demand shifts won't stop the muni market from delivering positive returns in 2018, says Oppenheimer & Co.'s Jeffrey Lipton.

More supply hit the municipal bond market on Thursday as JPMorgan Securities won a sale from a rarely seen New York issuer and Morgan Stanley priced a big Florida deal.

Nixon Peabody appointed partner Kenneth Lind to succeed Rick Jones, who was an integral part of opening the firm's Los Angeles office.