Public finance

Some strategists say they will increase credit quality and shorten duration for overall risk protection, while others are identifying premium bonds, bonds with short calls, and those with average life structures to boost yield.

MINNESOTA

Report from GAO finds states challenged by need to fund bridge projects from limited resources.

Regardless of which candidate takes the oath of office next January, improving our country’s infrastructure will be on the next president’s agenda.

ALABAMA

ARIZONA

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. said it expanded its execution choices for its municipal bond platform to include Muni Offerings.

Planners for a 10-county region around Nashville have approved a 25-year, $6 billion transit program.

A bill introduced in the Senate Thursday by three New England Democrats would create a federal green bank in order to attract larger private investments in clean energy and energy efficient projects.

ALABAMA

CONNECTICUT

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, rose three basis points to 3.83% from 3.80% in the previous week.

Oregon’s road user task force wants state lawmakers to expand its existing vehicle-miles-traveled fee system.

Investors have yet to reward green bonds with better pricing, but there is growing demand for the niche, according to one speaker at the Bond Buyer’s California Public Finance conference.

ARKANSAS

ALABAMA

Two new municipal, high-quality, AMT-free ETFs launched by VanEck Global this week offer flexibility for both conservative and yield-oriented investors, and are listed on Bats Global Markets Inc., the Kansas City-based exchange for ETF trading.

West Virginia will lose $85 million of revenues per year if tolls are removed from state’s turnpike in 2019.

ARKANSAS

ARKANSAS