Private placements

The Phoenix-based school's debt was rated a notch above junk — to BBB-minus by Fitch Ratings ahead of a refinancing of bonds from a 2021 issue.

Infrastructure practice is a "strategic priority" for the firm, it said in announcing the hire of Elena Millerman.

The city plans to refund the privately placed special tax revenue obligations with long-term bonds in 2024.

Mark Killingsworth and Mark Brown, who join as senior vice presidents, will originate municipal transactions for Capital One's direct lending portfolio.

Welch heads Squire Patton Boggs' California Public Finance practice.

Much of the Oregon Health & Science University deal funds a hospital expansion, but it also includes a tender exchange and a privately placed forward refunding.

Alpha Ledger Technologies, which had already done so in its home state of Washington, helped its first Oregon issuer record a municipal loan on a blockchain platform.

The South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority’s RecoverSC program has up to $100 million in total bonding authority.

Preston Hollow says another court ruling proves some of its defamation claims. Nuveen counters that accusations fail to rise to defamation because many are opinion or true.

New York's DASNY is expected to make a $1 billion private placement Friday.

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 dealer group has opposed the proposed order from the start, and is keeping the pressure on as the SEC appears poised to approve the proposal in some form.

The last-ditch attempt to settle Preston Hollow Capital's lawsuit against Nuveen failed this week.

The proposal would impact the private placement business and may require amendments of MSRB rules.

Preston Hollow is fighting Nuveen's attempt to reopen a trial record in the private lender's lawsuit accusing the investment powerhouse of anti-competitive tactics.

A successful closing on the unrated deal was needed to make payments on short-term notes due on Dec. 31.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton seemed noncommittal on a proposed exemptive order for municipal advisors.

Competitive pricing and speed convinced the owners of the Carlsbad, California, plant to use a taxable bank loan instead of tax-exempt debt.

At the SEC's invitation, Bond Dealers of America submitted a proposed framework for an exemptive order aimed at muni advisors on private placement deals.

Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson said the city is forging ahead with the transaction to raise money to help pay its bills.