Primary bond market

Assured Guaranty and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP took advantage of a surge in issuance in the final two months of 2017 to solidify advantages over rival bond insurers and counsel.

The Sales Tax Securitization Corp.’s highly anticipated bond sale has been delayed until at least next week due to market conditions, Chicago officials said.

Build America Mutual is bringing on a strategic advisory committee to help expand use of insurance in the muni market.

Municipal bond buyers are waiting to see details on the high-rated, but high-yielding sales tax securitization coming from Chicago on Wednesday.

Municipal bond buyers will focus on the high-rated but high-yielding sales tax securitization deal coming from Chicago on Wednesday.

The municipal bond market on Tuesday priced the first of the week’s big new issues, before buyers turned their focus to the high-rated, but high-yielding sales tax securitization coming from Chicago on Wednesday.

The municipal bond market saw the first of the week’s big new issues price in the primary. Buyers will see about $3.35 billion of new deals hit the screens this week, with most of the volume coming on Wednesday and Thursday.

Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp. returns to the municipal bond market this week, offering high-yielding, high-rated paper to buyers hungry for supply.

Municipal bond buyers and traders expect $2.36 billion of negotiated deals and $986.4 million of competitive sales.

Tax-exempt issuance again dominates the calendar, after a week of mostly taxable deals .

A special-purpose corporation is selling nearly $800 million to refund some of the city's lower-rated GOs.

The municipal bond market will see $3.35 billion of new deals hit the screens next in a holiday-shortened week. Ipreo estimates weekly volume at $3.35 billion, up from $3.12 billion this week.

The municipal bond market is gearing up for a lighter-than-average new issue calendar in a holiday-shortened week, with about $3.35 billion of bonds slated for sale.

In the week ended Jan. 11, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose to 3.84% from 3.81% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

Municipal bond buyers gobbled up taxable supply from Pennsylvania and Illinois Thursday as the recent rise in yields slowed.

Bob Spangler and Jim Tricolli will assume responsibilities as RBC's co-heads of municipal finance as Hamel steps away from the top-five underwriter.

Municipal bond buyers saw some taxable supply hit the screens on Thursday as the recent yield rise slowed and traders' attention shifted to next week’s holiday-shortened week.

Municipal bond buyers are seeing the last of this week’s big deals hit the screens on Thursday as their eyes turn to next week’s new issue slate.

With a financing structure cemented, the first bonds for a Kansas City, Mo., convention center hotel were sold.

Muni yields rose as much as 10 basis points, as they weakened with treasuries on concern China may stop U.S. debt purchases