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BlackRock has raised more than $1 billion for a closed-end fund devoted to Build America Bonds, creating the largest public vehicle offering investors exposure to the new class of taxable municipal debt.
August 30
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ILLINOISChannahon Park DistrictAug 24, 2010 . . . . . . $1,225,000
August 30 -
Table as of: 08/27/2010 15:47 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount* Approval
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CALIFORNIACalaveras County Water DistrictAug 23, 2010 . . . . . . $990,000
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Municipal bond mutual funds reported another healthy slug of new money last week as demand for high-quality fixed income continued to drive investment flows.
August 27
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Investors clamoring for new supply will be faced with slim pickings this week when long-term volume in the tax-exempt market sinks to an estimated $2.61 billion — less than half of last week’s total — as trading and underwriting begins to wind down ahead of Labor Day, according to Ipreo LLC and The Bond Buyer.
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CONNECTICUTTrumbull (Town)Aug 26, 2010 . . . . . . $22,000,000
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ALABAMAAdamsville Solid Waste Disposal AuthorityAug 23, 2010 . . . . . . $17,000,000
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Nearly all The Bond Buyer’s yield indexes declined this week, with two reaching 43-year lows, as tax-exempt yields plunged to record lows in three sessions during the week.
August 26
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Outflows slowed to $597.3 million the week ending Aug. 23 after hemorrhaging $4.99 billion the week before, according to the Money Fund Report, a service of iMoneyNet.com. Total assets declined slightly to $340.75 billion from $341.34 billion.
August 26 -
Table as of: 08/27/2010 12:37 PM Invisible Supply Issuer and purpose Amount* Approval
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CALIFORNIABig Pine Unified School DistrictAug 25, 2010 . . . . . . $1,715,789
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CONNECTICUTBranford (Town)Aug 25, 2010 . . . . . . $12,770,000
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FLORIDAPalm Beach CountyAug 24, 2010 . . . . . . $19,530,000
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INDIANARandolph County Building CorporationAug 24, 2010 . . . . . . $8,160,000
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J.J. Kenny Drake has launched three new municipal total-return indexes intended for use as benchmarks by mutual funds, private account managers, swaps traders and exchange-traded funds.
August 24
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ILLINOISWaukegan (City)Aug 23, 2010 . . . . . . $1,825,000
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GEORGIAAugusta-Richmond Coliseum AuthorityAug 20, 2010 . . . . . . $22,120,000
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ARKANSASHeber Springs (City)Aug 20, 2010 . . . . . . $5,135,000
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Cash continues flooding into municipal bond mutual funds as retail investors embrace yields many once scorned as being far too low.
August 20
