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The New York MTA has not sold fixed-rate transportation revenue bonds since February 2021. The first maturity of that deal (4% 11/15/44) priced at +81 and was evaluated at +78 as of Wednesday by BVAL, according to CreditSights strategists. The same maturity but with a 5% coupon was priced at +59 to BVAL.
March 18 -
Marc Livolsi was promoted to lead U.S. Public Finance New Issue Marketing and Business Development, and Evan Boulukos will lead Assured's Secondary Markets desk, both of whom will report to Chris Chafizadeh, senior managing director and co-head of Public Finance.
March 18 -
Municipal bond buyers looking for yield need look no further than the OTB's non-rated tax-exempt revenue bond deal that's set to be priced this week.
March 18 -
"While rate volatility returned this week, should the market return to range-bound levels for a protracted period of time, investors might want to add exposure to sectors that provide the most value and have underperformed thus far," Barclays said.
March 15 -
Inflows continued for the third consecutive week as LSEG Lipper report fund inflows of $295.5 million for the week ending Wednesday with high-yield hitting the 10th consecutive week of positive flows.
March 14 -
Jeffrey Scruggs, Managing Director and Head of Public Sector and Infrastructure Group at Goldman Sachs, sits down with Bond Buyer Executive Editor Lynne Funk on the state of the muni industry.
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The Investment Company Institute reported larger inflows into municipal bond mutual funds for the week ending March 6, with investors adding $956 million to funds following $57 million the week prior.
March 13 -
"The muni AAA [high grade] curve has been relatively steady thus far in March, but lags relative to the broader fixed income market after sizable muni outperformance in February," said J.P. Morgan strategists.
March 12 -
Issuers have increased their debt sale in recent weeks, as issuance has come in above $70 billion year-to-date, according to LSEG data
March 11 -
Market participants said it is yet to be seen whether issuers will pull back their BABs refundings due to concerns after several bondholders sent a letter to the trustee on a Regents of the University of California deal, saying it was "prohibited" from executing the redemption.
March 11