Primary bond market

The firm will pre-qualify competitive sales to make sure they meet the ICMA’s green or social bond principles.

The municipal bond market is poised to begin digesting larger primary issuance in the coming week after a massive rally in recent days.

The operators of the venue argue that COVID-19's economic impact makes a $400 million expansion all the more important.

Supply-starved investors flocked to the St. Louis-based private university's taxable deal, which was upsized to $450 million from $300 million.

Benchmark yields fell another 50 to 60 basis points, dropping them more than 1.5% in just four days. Meanwhile, a $450 million taxable new-issue came to market and was eight times oversubscribed.

With outflows occurring, Eric Kazatsky, muni strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, maintains that muni appetite will vary directly with the credit hits that will be sustained in this environment. In some ways, he sees a return to pricing for the risk and the fundamentals. Taxable munis and ESG bonds will continue to gain in popularity. The future depends on the level of fiscal support in order to emerge from the crisis. John Hallacy hosts. Taped two weeks ago

Municipal benchmark yields were lowered by 60 to 80 basis points across the curve. Some trades pointed to nearly a 1% bump on short-term paper while state and local governments grapple with downgrades and revenue shortfalls.

The short end in particular was rebounding after Fed announced it would include variable rate demand obligations and short-term paper to its balance sheets.

Disclosure in a series of pending and recently priced Midwest healthcare deals underscore the rapidly evolving impact of COVID-19.

The Fed today added in variable rate demand notes to other short-term municipal debt to a list of assets eligible to be used as collateral by financial institutions, which contributed to some stability in the secondary market.

The timing of a $1.5 billion deal California had planned to price Thursday is no longer firm amid massive dislocations in the markets.

The municipal bond market is facing a new reality as yields rise, issuance slows and investors remaining skittish about the future.

A big New York State Empire Development Corp. private placement is likely to be followed by more until the municipal primary starts functioning again.

The municipal bond market again sold off as much as a half percentage point across the curve.

Lipper reported a whopping $12.2 billion of outflows from municipal bond funds. Out of that huge number, $5.3 billion were from high-yield funds. The $12 billion figure of outflows in one week equates to about 3% of annual municipal volume.

Schools in 39 states had closed by Wednesday.

Benchmarks showed again that the short end was being hit hardest — 30 basis points up on the one-year and at least 10 up on the long end, but the entire curve was being cut drastically. The primary market was again at a standstill.

The municipal market is dealing with a major liquidity event, with massive short-end selling.

GLWA has the flexibility to come to market as early as this week, but is monitoring the market in light of the COVID-19 impact.

The municipal finance industry is dealing with minute-by-minute news of state-wide school closures, shuttered restaurants, curfews and canceled events. New issues are increasingly being put on the day-to-day calendar.